The New Taxonomy
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The New Taxonomy

A Science Reimagined

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eBook - ePub

The New Taxonomy

A Science Reimagined

About this book

Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and embryology, it creates a rich, integrated overview of the history of life. This book is intended as a clear articulation of the mission, goals, and needs of fundamental taxonomists and a planetary-scale inventory of species by revisiting the idea of taxonomy as a fusion of the traditional questions asked by taxonomists and the latest technologies. It is a clear roadmap to a taxonomic renaissance and world species inventory.

Key Features:

  • Establishes the role and responsibilities of natural history museums to baseline taxonomic studies
  • Emphasizes the potential of 'descriptive' taxonomy
  • Proposes a cyberinfrastructure specifically designed to meet the needs of taxonomists to do taxonomy
  • Provides a clear statement of taxonomy's mission, goals, and prospects
  • Reviews taxonomic philosophies and codes of nomenclature from an historical perspective

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Yes, you can access The New Taxonomy by David Williams,Quentin D. Wheeler,David M. Williams in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Ecology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040364642
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface: Mary P. Winsor
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction: Toward a New Taxonomy: Means, Motives, and Opportunities
  10. Chapter 2 Norman Platnick, the Development of Cladistics, ‘Integrative’ Taxonomy, and Modern Monography
  11. Chapter 3 Minimalist Species Descriptions: Are They the Answer? And if so, What Was the Question?
  12. Chapter 4 The Old, the New, and Lots of People: How Taxonomy Will Thrive
  13. Chapter 5 Databases: Juggling Nomenclature and Taxonomy
  14. Chapter 6 Zootaxonomy in the Century of Extinctions: Time for Field Work and Collections
  15. Chapter 7 Bringing Taxonomy Back into the Spotlight
  16. Chapter 8 Systematics and Biogeography, Ontology, and Vicariance
  17. Chapter 9 Nomenclatural Problems in Zoological Taxonomy
  18. Chapter 10 The Survival of Taxonomy and the Digitization of Natural History Collections
  19. Chapter 11 Taxonomy Positive
  20. Chapter 12 A Single Authoritative List of the World’s Species: Background and Road Map
  21. Chapter 13 Species Descriptions Go Digital
  22. Chapter 14 Saving Systematics: Taxonomy’s Identity, Traditions, and Great Expectations
  23. Index