Systema Naturae 250: The Linnaean Ark

ISBN-13: 9781420095012 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 300 str.

Andrew Polaszek

Opis

A celebration of 250 years of the scientific naming of animals, "Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark" records and explores the history of zoological nomenclature and taxonomy, detailing current and future activity in these fields.

Spis treści

The Major Historical Trends of Biodiversity Studies. Linnaeus: A Passion for Order. Daniel Rolander: The Invisible Naturalist. Taxonomy and the Survival of Threatened Animal Species: A Matter of Life and Death. Engineering a Linnaean Ark of Knowledge for a Deluge of Species. Historical Name-Bearing Types in Marine Molluscs: An Impediment to Biodiversity Studies? Flying after Linnaeus: Diptera Names since Systema Naturae (1758). Reviving Descriptive Taxonomy after 250 Years: Promising Signs from a Mega-Journal in Taxonomy. Provisional Nomenclature: The On-Ramp to Taxonomic Names. Future Taxonomy. The Encyclopedia of Life: A New Digital Resource for Taxonomy. Future Taxonomy Today: New Tools Applied to Accelerate the Taxonomic Process. The All Genera Index: Strategies for Managing the BIG Index of All Scientific Names. Linnaeus–Sherborn–ZooBank. ZooBank: Reviewing the First Year and Preparing for the Next 250. Celebrating 250 Dynamic Years of Nomenclatural Debates. 250 Years of Swedish Taxonomy. Appendices. Index.

O autorze

Andrew Polaszek