Recovery Plan for the Endangered Taxonomy Profession
Abstract
The worldwide decline in taxonomists has a broad impact on biology and society. Learning from general historical patterns of science and understanding social changes caused by growing economies, we propose changes in priorities for training taxonomists to reverse these losses. Academically trained professionals, parataxonomists (local assistants trained by professional biologists), youths educated with an emphasis on natural history, and...
Paper Details
Title
Recovery Plan for the Endangered Taxonomy Profession
Published Date
Jan 1, 2011
Journal
Volume
61
Issue
1
Pages
58 - 63
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