The New Taxonomy

by Wheeler; Quentin D.

• ISBN13: 9780849390883
• ISBN10: 0849390885
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-09
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Initiatives reinventing taxonomy for the Internet generation are leading to a dramatic resurgence in this once declining discipline. Looking at the efforts of several groups to catalog the world's biodiversity and make it accessible , this work discusses the future of descriptive taxonomy. It covers such technology as DNA evidence and its applications, computer-assisted species identification, digital morphology, and E-typification. It also provides insight into effective ways of organizing taxonomic information, and discusses what benefits can be leveraged from a rapid growth of taxonomic knowledge.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Editor	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Introductory: Toward the New Taxonomy	p. 1
Networks and Their Role in e-Taxonomy	p. 19
Taxonomy as a Team Sport	p. 33
Planetary Biodiversity Inventories as Models for the New Taxonomy	p. 55
On the Use of Taxonomic Concepts in Support of Biodiversity Research and Taxonomy	p. 63
International Infrastructure for Enabling the New Taxonomy: The Role of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)	p. 87
DNA Sequences in Taxonomy: Opportunities and Challenges	p. 95
Animal Names for All: ICZN, ZooBank and the New Taxonomy	p. 129
Understanding Morphology in Systematic Contexts: Three-Dimensional Specimen Ordination and Recognition	p. 143
Taxonomic Shock and Awe	p. 211
Index	p. 227
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