The New Taxonomy

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Quentin D. Wheeler
CRC Press, Apr 9, 2008 - Science - 256 pages
Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award!A Fresh Look at Taxonomy The most fundamental of all biological sciences, taxonomy underpins any long term strategies for reconstructing the great tree of life or salvaging as much biodiversity as possible. Yet we are still unable to say with any certainty how

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Toward the New Taxonomy
1
Chapter 2 Networks and Their Role in eTaxonomy
19
Chapter 3 Taxonomy as a Team Sport
33
Chapter 4 Planetary Biodiversity Inventories as Models for the New Taxonomy
55
Chapter 5 On the Use of Taxonomic Concepts in Support of Biodiversity Research and Taxonomy
63
The Role of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility GBIF
87
Opportunities and Challenges
95
ICZN ZooBank and the New Taxonomy
129
ThreeDimensional Specimen Ordination and Recognition
143
Chapter 10 Taxonomic Shock and Awe
211
Index
227
Systematics Association Publications
239
Back cover
245
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