Open AccessOld and new challenges in taxonomy: what are taxonomists up against?
Author(s) -
Nadine Dupérré
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
megataxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2703-3090
pISSN - 2703-3082
DOI - 10.11646/megataxa.1.1.12
Subject(s) - taxonomy (biology) , economic shortage , coping (psychology) , biology , psychology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , clinical psychology , government (linguistics)
Old and new challenges in taxonomy: 1. How is alpha taxonomy coping with Natural History Museum staff and funding shortages? 2. Is alpha taxonomy being falsely portrayed as: the tedious, painstaking, time-consuming labour, the none-accessible, old-fashioned science? 3. How will taxonomists face the trend of naming species based on DNA without morphological diagnosis or description?