The New Taxonomy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Wheeler, Quentin D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An in-depth discussion of the future of descriptive taxonomy, this book examines the efforts of several international groups to catalog the world's biodiversity and meet the unprecedented challenges of the biodiversity crisis. Reclaiming the unique mission, goals, and importance of taxonomy as an independent science, the book covers technologies such as DNA evidence and its applications, computer-assisted species identification, digital morphology, and E-typification. It provides insight into effective ways of organizing taxonomic information and discusses what benefits can be leveraged from a rapid growth of taxonomic knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420008562
• Artikelnr.: 42765696

Autorenporträt

Quentin D. Wheeler

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Towards the New Taxonomy. Networks and Their Role in
e-Taxonomy. Taxonomy as a Team Sport. Planetary Biodiversity Inventories as
Models for the New Taxonomy. On the Use of Taxonomic Concepts in Support of
Biodiversity Research and Taxonomy. International Infrastructure for
Enabling the New Taxonomy: The Role of the Global Biodiversity Information
Facility (GBIF). DNA Sequences in Taxonomy: Opportunities and Challenges.
Animal Names for All: ICZN, ZooBank and the New Taxonomy. Understanding
Morphology in Systematic Contexts: Three-
Dimensional Specimen Ordination and Recognition. Taxonomic Shock and Awe.