Towards integrative taxonomy

Integrative taxonomy – Methods and Applications

Taxonomy is the discipline in biology aimed at characterizing and naming taxa and taxonomy plays a major role in conserving biodiversity. The central unit of taxonomy is species and generating biological information requires naming of species. Thousands of species are being named every year since the advent of Linnaean nomenclature in 1758. Alpha taxonomy relates to species level characterizati...

Towards a Dialogue Taxonomy

Two interrelated points are made in this paper. First, that some of the characteristics of the language used in spoken dialogues are also observed in typed dialogues, since they are a reeection of the fact that it is a dialogue, rather than the fact that it is spoken. A corollary of this is that some of the results obtained in previous work on typed dialogue , especially Wizard of Oz simulation...

integrative taxonomy of meriones persicus (rodentia, gerbillinae) in iran

five subspecies of the persian jird, meriones persicus, were reported from iran. these subspecies were described based on morphological characters and coat colors of few specimens. the question of the validity of these subspecies and their geographic distribution is raised. in this study, we combined genetic markers (cox1, cytb and irbp genes), morphometric (external and skull measurments), mor...

towards an integrative approach to trauma study

From integrative taxonomy to species description: one step beyond.

E. PANTE1, C. SCHOELINCK2, AND N. PUILLANDRE3,∗ 1Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) UMR 7266 CNRS, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France; 2Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Aquatic animal health, 343, University Avenue E1C 9B6 Moncton N.B., Canada; and 3Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, ISyEB (UMR 7205 CNRS/UPMC/MNHN/EPHE), 43, Rue Cuvier...