This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aims: Most vegetation classification systems developed for large areas include various inconsistencies. Therefore, we (1) propose a new ...

Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 300, No. 5 (May 2014), pp. 937-951 (15 pages) Although a worldwide phylogeny of the bolbitidoid fern genus Elaphoglossum is now available, little is known about ...

A team of evolutionary biologists and ecologists has a new idea for how scientists should classify algae species. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing ...

Classifying corals in terms of species is a risky business. Biologist Onno Diekmann from the University of Groningen has discovered that four species of stone corals differ so little in terms of their ...

Explore the challenges scientists face when classifying hominid fossils by using this database to classify your own collection of 10 mystery fossils. Identify your fossils by comparing their features ...

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...

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Across the warming globe, a mass exodus of tens of thousands of species is transforming the distribution of biodiversity — and challenging fundamental tenets in conservation policy and science. Are ...