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Species, Science and Society: The Role of Systematic Biology

Species, Science and Society: The Role of Systematic Biology

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A new book titled "Systematic Biology: Reimagining the Field for the 21st Century" explores the role of systematic biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation. It clarifies misconceptions about the field, proposes an ambitious project to inventory and make known all kinds of plants, animals, and microbes on Earth, and challenges taxonomists to embrace molecular data alongside traditional data. The book is of great interest to researchers and professionals in systematics, taxonomy, and biodiversity conservation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 246 pages
Publication date: 06 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


The significance of systematic biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation is explored in this captivating and accessible book. It sheds light on misconceptions about systematic biology and presents a vision for its reimagining in the 21st century. The author proposes an ambitious, planet-scale project to inventory and make known every kind of plant, animal, and microbe on Earth. This project challenges the next and present generations of taxonomists to embrace molecular data as an essential complement to traditional data and to re-embrace the fundamentally important mission of systematics. This book 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.

The significance of systematic biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation is explored in this captivating and accessible book. It sheds light on misconceptions about systematic biology and presents a vision for its reimagining in the 21st century. The author proposes an ambitious, planet-scale project to inventory and make known every kind of plant, animal, and microbe on Earth. This project challenges the next and present generations of taxonomists to embrace molecular data as an essential complement to traditional data and to re-embrace the fundamentally important mission of systematics. This book 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.

Weight: 650g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032484396

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