Taxonomic tapestries : the threads of evolutionary, behavioural and conservation research / edited by Alison M. Behie and Marc F. Oxenham ; chapters written in honour of Professor Colin P. Groves ; contributors, Peter Andrews [and twenty two others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrews, Peter, contributor.

Groves, Colin P., honouree.

Oxenham, Marc F., editor.

Behie, Alison M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Classification.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Acton, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Text file

Summary:

This volume explores the complexity, diversity and interwoven nature of taxonomic pursuits within the context of explorations of humans and related species. It also pays tribute to Professor Colin Groves, whose work has had an enormous impact on this field.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Contributors

List of Figures and Tables

PART I

1. The Groves effect: 50 years of influence on behaviour, evolution and conservation research

PART II

2. Characterisation of the endemic Sulawesi Lenomys meyeri (Muridae, Murinae) and the description of a new species of Lenomys

3. Gibbons and hominoid ancestry

4. Hurricanes and coastlines: The role of natural disasters in the speciation of howler monkeys

5. Adolf Remane: Notes on his work on primates

6. Retouch intensity on Quina scrapers at Combe Grenal: A test of the reduction model

7. What are species and why does it matter? Anopheline taxonomy and the transmission of malaria

PART III

8. Lamarck on species and evolution

9. Naming the scale of nature

10. Changes in human tooth-size and shape with the Neolithic transition in Indo-Malaysia

11. Variation in the Early and Middle Pleistocene: The phylogenetic relationships of Ceprano, Bodo, Daka, Kabwe and Buia

12. Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves

PART IV

13. The domestic and the wild in the Mongolian horse and the takhi

14. Rhino systematics in the times of Linnaeus, Cuvier, Gray and Groves

15. Conservation consequences of unstable taxonomies: The case of the red colobus monkeys

16. The phylogenetic species concept and its role in Southeast Asian mammal conservation

17. Conserving gorilla diversity

18. The warp and weft: Synthesising our taxonomic tapestry

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-925022-37-4

OCLC:

902750839

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_569097