Showing posts with label Taxonomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taxonomy. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Species Inflation: Taxonomy and conservation

Here is a interesting article relating to Linnean taxonomic systems and DNA evidence. The economist suggests that over eager taxonomists are over inflating the number of new species for the benefit of conservation. Does this provide evidence of scientists and bias? worth reading to consider how economists and biologist clash. (See Here)