Names: the keys to biodiversity / Christian F. Thompson

Public ISBD Accompagne Biodiversity II : Understanding and protecting our biological resources / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla Titre : Names: the keys to biodiversity Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Christian F. Thompson, Auteur Importance : p 199-211 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE LA VIE Mots-clés : BIODIVERSITE  LANGAGE DE LA BIODIVERSITE Résumé : Besides biodiversity, the one thing that all the chapters included in this volume that have in common is scientific names. These names form the essential language, the mean we use to communicate about biodiversity. To avoid a Tower of Babel, a common system of nomencalture is required : a system that is effective and efficient and at minimal cost. Presented below are the essential aspects of language for biodiversity and a discussion of where we are in respect to their implementation. The long-term conservation of biodiversity can be achieved through the approach used by the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Characterization requires that we have a language with which to communicate about biodiversity : a way of describing it, so that we all know what we are talking about and that we are talking about the same things. How do we characterize biodiversity? The first step is to name its components. Biodiversity is divisible into three levels : ecological, taxonomic and genetic. Of these levels, taxonomic diversity is critical because taxa are the units that contain genetic diversity and are the units that make up ecological diversity. Since taxa are the core of biodiversity, names for taxa are the most critical component of any language of biodiversity. Numéro du document : A/BIO Niveau Bibliographique : 2 Bull1 (Theme principale) : BIOLOGIE Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : BIOLOGIE GENERALE Accompagne Biodiversity II : Understanding and protecting our biological resources / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla Names: the keys to biodiversity [texte imprimé] / Christian F. Thompson, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - p 199-211. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE LA VIE Mots-clés : BIODIVERSITE  LANGAGE DE LA BIODIVERSITE Résumé : Besides biodiversity, the one thing that all the chapters included in this volume that have in common is scientific names. These names form the essential language, the mean we use to communicate about biodiversity. To avoid a Tower of Babel, a common system of nomencalture is required : a system that is effective and efficient and at minimal cost. Presented below are the essential aspects of language for biodiversity and a discussion of where we are in respect to their implementation. The long-term conservation of biodiversity can be achieved through the approach used by the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Characterization requires that we have a language with which to communicate about biodiversity : a way of describing it, so that we all know what we are talking about and that we are talking about the same things. How do we characterize biodiversity? The first step is to name its components. Biodiversity is divisible into three levels : ecological, taxonomic and genetic. Of these levels, taxonomic diversity is critical because taxa are the units that contain genetic diversity and are the units that make up ecological diversity. Since taxa are the core of biodiversity, names for taxa are the most critical component of any language of biodiversity. Numéro du document : A/BIO Niveau Bibliographique : 2 Bull1 (Theme principale) : BIOLOGIE Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : BIOLOGIE GENERALE

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