F. Boero. The Study of Species in the Era of Biodiversity: A Tale of Stupidity. 2010.
Ferdinando Boero
The Study of Species in the Era of Biodiversity: A Tale of Stupidity
Diversity, 2010, 2: 115-126; doi:10.3390/d2010115
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Abstract: Research policies ensuing from the Convention on Biological Diversity made
huge funds available to study biodiversity. These were mostly dedicated to projects aimed at
providing services to taxonomy via information and technology, or to develop "modern", i.e.,
molecular, approaches to taxonomy. Traditional taxonomy was overly neglected and is in
serious distress all over the world. It is argued that both novel and traditional ways to study
biodiversity are essential and that the demise of traditional taxonomy (based on phenotypes)
in the era of biodiversity is the result of an unwise policy, mainly fostered by portions of the
scientific community that aim at taking total advantage of the funds dedicated to the study
of biodiversity.
Keywords: biodiversity; traditional taxonomy; molecular taxonomy; information and
technology; research policies
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