Typifying an era in biology through synthesis of biodiversity information: Achievements and impediments
Tripp EA and Hoagland KE. 2013. Typifying an era in biology through synthesis of biodiversity information: Achievements and impediments. Taxon. 62(5):899-911
While phylogenetic systematics has developed rapidly and impressively over the last five decades, a reawakened interest in the role and impact of biodiversity collections epitomizes the last two decades in particular. In this essay, we explore various aspects that characterize this Biodiversity Information Synthesis: achievements, impediments, shifting personnel roles, technological advancements, and predictions on future trends—both bleak and promising.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Tripp, Erin; Hoagland, K
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, ATBI, Biodiversity, Collections, Cost, Crisis, Discovery, Economic, Flora, GRSM-00825, Herbarium, Lichens, Natural History, New Species, period, profit, Service, Synthesis, taxonomic impediment
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Complex