The new taxonomy / Quentin D. Wheeler - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2008 - xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - The Systematics Association special volume series ; 76 .

Based on papers presented at the 2005 meeting of the Systematics Association in Cardiff, Wales.

Front cover;
Contents;
Preface;
The editor;
Contributors;
Chapter 1. Introductory: toward the new taxonomy;
Chapter 2. Networks and their role in e-taxonomy;
Chapter 3. Taxonomy as a team sport;
Chapter 4. Planetary biodiversity inventories as models for the new taxonomy;
Chapter 5. On the use of taxonomic concepts in support of biodiversity research and taxonomy;
Chapter 6. International infrastructure for enabling the new taxonomy: the role of the global biodiversity information facility (gbif);
Chapter 7. Dna sequences in taxonomy: opportunities and challenges.
Chapter 8. Animal names for all: iczn, zoobank and the new taxonomy
Chapter 9. Understanding morphology in systematic contexts: three-dimensional specimen ordination and recognition;
Chapter 10. Taxonomic shock and awe;
Index;
Systematics association publications;
Back cover


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Biology
Communication in biology.

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