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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sigwart, Julia D. (1979-....)
Titre(s) : What species mean [Texte imprimé] : a user's guide to the units of biodiversity / Julia D. Sigwart
Publication : Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis group, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-241 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
Collection : Species and systematics
Lien à la collection : Species and systematics
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"Everyone uses species. All human cultures, whether using science or not, name species.
Species are the basic units for science, from ecosystems to model organisms. Yet,
there are communication gaps between the scientists who name species, called taxonomists
or systematists, and those who use species names--everyone else. This book opens the
'black box' of species names, to explain the tricks of the name-makers to the name-users.
Species are real, and have macroevolutionary meaning, and it follows that systematists
use a broadly macroevolution-oriented approach in describing diversity. But scientific
names are used by all areas of science, including many fields such as ecology that
focus on timescales more dominated by microevolutionary processes. This book explores
why different groups of scientists understand and use the names given to species in
very different ways, and the consequences for measuring and understanding biodiversity."--Page
4 of cover
Sujet(s) : Diversité des espèces
Origine des espèces
Phylogénie
Indice(s) Dewey :
576.86 (23e éd.) = Spéciation (génétique et évolution)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781498799379. - ISBN 149879937X (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465271565
Notice n° :
FRBNF46527156
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; General concepts ; Everyone uses species ; Why do the names keep
changing? ; Species are units of evolution ; Natural patterns in classification
; Are species real? ; How to name a species ; Biodiversity and extinction through
time ; How many species are there? ; Dynamic patterns in biodiversity ; Translating
biodiversity across cultural barriers.
