Posts tagged TaxonomicRevolution
Posts tagged TaxonomicRevolution
Taxonomists have been all but excluded from many of the best biology departments in this country, often to be replaced – if at all – by biometricians who occupy themselves more with the philosophy and methodology than with the substance of taxonomy. In the fashion rankings of academic biology, substantive taxonomy long ago settled to the bottom. This must not be permitted to continue. Ecologists, now beginning to savor a windfall of popularity and growing financial support, should recognize their dependence on substantive taxonomy and special responsibility to it.
E.O. Wilson, 1971 (The Plight of Taxonomy, Ecology Vol. 52 No. 5, p. 741)
Just a reminder that taxonomists have been struggling for funding, employment & respect for 40+ years. I think it’s time that we actually do something about it.