ABSTRACT

To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b

part |2 pages

Section A: Introduction and General Context

part |2 pages

Section B: Reconstructing and Using the Tree of Life

part |2 pages

Section C: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Groups (Case Studies)

chapter 14|14 pages

Cichlid Fish Diversity and Speciation

chapter 15|24 pages

Fungal Diversity

chapter |10 pages

Index

chapter |10 pages

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