| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
The major historical trends of biodiversity studies / Edward O. Wilson Linnaeus : a passion for order / David Quammen -- Daniel Rolander : the invisible naturalist / James Dobreff -- Taxonomy and the survival of threatened animal species : a matter of life and death / Gordon McGregor Reid -- Engineering a Linnaean ark of knowledge for a deluge of species / Quentin D. Wheeler -- Historical name-bearing types in marine molluscs : an impediment to biodiversity studies? / Philippe Bouchet and Ellen E. Strong -- Flying after Linnaeus : diptera names since Systema naturae (1758) / Neal L. Evenhuis [and others] -- E-publish or perish? / Sandra Knapp and Debbie Wright -- Reviving descriptive taxonomy after 250 years : promising signs from a mega-journal in taxonomy / Zhi-Qiang Zhang -- Provisional nomenclature : the on-ramp to taxonomic names / David E. Schindel and Scott E. Miller -- Future taxonomy / David J. Patterson -- The encyclopedia of life : a new digital resource for taxonomy / James Hanken -- Future taxonomy today : new tools applied to accelerate the taxonomic process / Norman F. Johnson -- The all genera index : strategies for managing the big index of all scientific names / David Remsen -- Linnaeus, Sherborn, ZooBank / Andrew Polaszek and Ellinor Michel -- ZooBank : reviewing the first year and preparing for the next 250 / Richard L. Pyle and Ellinor Michel -- Celebrating 250 dynamic years of nomenclatural debates / Benoît Dayrat -- 250 years of Swedish taxonomy / Fredrik Ronquist |
| Summary |
The advent of relational data basing and data storage capacity, coupled with revolutionary advances in molecular sequencing technology and specimen imaging, have led to a taxonomic renaissance. This book maps the origins of this renaissance, beginning with Linnaeus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae.
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| SUBJECT |
Systema naturae (Linné, Carl von) fast |
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Animals -- Nomenclature.
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Biology -- Classification.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
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Animals
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Biology
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| Genre/Form |
Classification
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Terminology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Polaszek, Andrew
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| ISBN |
1420095021 |
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9781420095029 |
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1282504088 |
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9781282504080 |
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9781466536593 |
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1466536594 |
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9780429092916 |
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0429092911 |
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9786612504082 |
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6612504080 |
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