Taxonomy without borders
…and limit public access to biological knowlege. The DNA barcode initiative, together with the Encyclopedia of Life which includes digitizing the world’s taxonomic literature are creating powerful new ways of…
…and limit public access to biological knowlege. The DNA barcode initiative, together with the Encyclopedia of Life which includes digitizing the world’s taxonomic literature are creating powerful new ways of…
…interest in birds, it is surprising there is no single authoritative world checklist, especially since most of the differences at the species level reflect minor disagreements about generic assignment, a…
…the fragmented world of taxonomy, and so Padial and de la Riva’s exhortation is an important step. With growing DNA barcode libraries and increasingly inexpensive sequencing technologies, DNA testing will…
…what happened to USA energy use and emissions during the slumps of the 1930s and after World War II.  A short essay, “The Jack Rabbit of Depression, or Do…
…Paul Gaffney; Vice Admiral Richard Larrabee, USCG (Ret.), Port Commerce Director, Port Authority of NY/NJ; Lawrence Dickerson, President and CEO, Diamond Offshore Drilling; and Christopher Koch, President and CEO, World…
…https://vimeo.com/17662204 The recording was played at the London Grand Finale of the CoML in October 2010. The Steve Miller Band played the song several times during their 2010-2011 world tour….
…how finely divided animal biodiversity is. Wilson and Reeder’s Mammal Species of the World, Third Edition lists 5,419 species, so this appears to be an achievable goal for our mammalian…
…which leads to more rapid sorting of differences among genetically isolated populations. Analysis of real-world data in 45 studies of differences among and within avian species confirms this expectation, ie…
…least a preliminary look at genetic relationships for large numbers of species (so far 2,393 avian species (24% of world birds) have barcode records in BOLD). This could be exciting!…
…Ausubel on the 20thof November during the AGS Fall Symposium, Geography 2050: Exploring our Future in an Urbanized World, to be held at Columbia University. Here is the press release….