Species, Science and Society
Author | : Quentin Wheeler |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2023-07-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781000912685 |
ISBN-13 | : 100091268X |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: - presents an engaging and accessible examination of the role of systematic biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation - clarifies misconceptions about systematic biology, reimagining it for the 21st Century - proposes an ambitious, planetary-scale project to inventory and make known every kind of plant, animal, and microbe on Earth - challenges the next and present generations of taxonomists to allow molecular data to assume it’s proper place alongside traditional data, to reembrace the fundamentally important mission of systematics - will be of great interest to those researching and working in systematics in botany and zoology, as well as professionals working in taxonomy and biodiversity conservation.