Assembling the Tree of Life

Assembling the Tree of Life by Cracraft, Joel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780195172348.

This book is designed to be the most authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated by the leading workers in their fields. This book should prove indispensable for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, and ecologists interested in biodiversity. It will also become a sourcebook for oranismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists. It should be the standard reference in this fundamental area for the next ten years.