The New Taxonomy: A Science Reimagined [Hardcover]

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.

1. IntroductionToward a New Taxonomy: Means, Motives and Opportunities. 2. Norman Platnick, the Development of Cladistics, Integrative Taxonomy and Modern Monography. 3. Minimalist Species Descriptions: Are They the Answer?/And if so, What Was the Question?. 4. The Old, the New, and Lots of People: How Taxonomy Will Thrive. 5. Databases: Juggling Nomenclature and Taxonomy. 6. Zootaxonomy in the Century of Extinctions: Time is for Field Work and Collections. 7. Bringing Taxonomy Back into the Spotlight. 8. Systematics and Biogeography, Ontology and Vicariance. 9. Nomenclatural Problems in Zoological Taxonomy. 10. The Survival of Taxonomy and the Digitization of Natural History Collections. 11. Taxonomy Positive. 12. A Single Authoritative List of the Worlds Species  Background and Road Map. 13. Species Descriptions Go Digital. 14. Saving Systematics: Identity, Traditions and Great Expectations

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.

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