Abstract
Systematics is a multipurpose endeavour and is constantly becoming more complex. No longer are we solely concerned with describing the diversity of nature but, among, other things, we have the responsibility (and, increasingly, the capability) of organizing this data base for use by other biologists. This demand for organization requires that we interpret our data in an attempt to reconstruct a reasonable approximation of evolutionary history and relationships.
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Whitehead, D.R. (1979). Speciation Patterns and What They Mean. In: Erwin, T.L., Ball, G.E., Whitehead, D.R., Halpern, A.L. (eds) Carabid Beetles. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9628-1_4
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