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Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification. The word finds its roots in the Greek τάξις, taxis (meaning 'order', 'arrangement') and νόμος, nomos ('law' or 'science'). Taxonomy uses taxonomic units, known as taxa (singular taxon).
In addition, the word is also used as a count noun: a...
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Filter this CollectionChecklist of North American Birds 7th Edition
- x Author:
- American Ornithologists' Union
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Bolton's Catalogue of Ants of the World: 1758-2005
Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World, published in 1995, was the first attempt in more than one hundred years to collect all taxonomic decisions for ants worldwide, including extinct as well as extant taxa.
- x Author:
- Barry Bolton,
- Philip S. Ward,
- Gary Alpert,
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- Philip S. Ward,
- x Date of first publication:
- 1995
- x Editor:
Guidelines for assigning species rank
Developments in several fields of study (including bio-acoustics and the analysis of DNA) together with reappraisals of the nature of species have impacted significantly on avian taxonomy. The BOU’s Taxonomic Subcommittee has developed...
- x Author:
- Martin Collinson,
- Andreas J. Helbig,
- George Sangster,
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- Andreas J. Helbig,
- x Date of first publication:
- 2002
- x Editor:
Birding and DNA: species for the new millenium
Reviews some of the species concepts most relevant to avian studies, and attempts to show how and why this change has happened, and its consequences for taxonomy and species limits. Examples are given in the form of ‘case studies’, and...
- x Author:
- David T. Parkin
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Forty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds
- x Author:
- Richard C. Banks,
- Carla Cicero,
- Jon L. Dunn,
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- Carla Cicero,
- x Date of first publication:
- 2006
- x Editor:
