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The new taxonomy / edited by Quentin D. Wheeler
Record no:
61852
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574.012 NEW
Author:
Wheeler, Quentin D. ; Systematics Association
Publisher:
Boca Raton, Fla. ; London: CRC Press
Year:
2008
Series:
The Systematics Association special volume series ; 76
Description:
xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Isbn:
9780849390883
Notes:
Based on papers presented at the 2005 biennial meeting of the Systematics Association in Cardiff, Wales.
Type:
Book
Contents:
1. Introductory: Toward the new taxonomy / Quentin D. Wheeler -- 2. Networks and their role in e-taxonomy / Malcolm J. Scoble -- 3. Taxonomy as a team sport / Sandra Knapp -- 4. Planetary biodiversity inventories as models for the new taxonomy / Lawrence
M. Page -- 5. On the use of taxonomic concepts in support of biodiversity research and taxonomy / Nico M. Franz, Robert K. Peet and Alan S. Weakley -- 6. International infrastructure for enabling the new taxonomy: the role of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) / Larry Speers and James L. Edwards -- 7. DNA sequences in taxonomy: opportunities and challenges / Rudolf Meier -- 8. Animal names for all: ICZN, ZooBank and the new taxonomy / Andrew Polaszek, Richard Pyle and Doug Yanega -- 9. Understanding morphology in systematic contexts: three-dimensional specimen ordination and recognition / Norman MacLeod -- 10. Taxonomic shock and awe / Quentin D. Wheeler.
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