DNA barcodes, like traditional sources of taxonomic information, are potentially powerful
heuristics in the identification of described species but require mindful analytical …

Biologists unable to recognize common plants, and a decline in botany students, faculty,
courses, university departments, and herbaria, highlight the current erosion of botany. How …

The Gd3+-complex of 10-(2, 3-dihydroxy-l-hydroxymethylpropyl)-1, 4, 7, 10-
tetraazacyclododecane-1, 4, 7-triacetic acid (gadobutrol) is a new, neutral Gd-chelate for …

In the year in which we celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the two greatest
naturalists of the 18th century, Carolus Linnaeus and Georges-Louis Leclerc (Comte de …

A biogeographical regionalization is a hierarchical system that categorizes geographical
areas in terms of their biotas. I provide a general protocol to undertake biogeographical …

Aquaculture has been practiced for some millennia. The speed and access of different
transport modes in the spread of cultured species, their pests, parasites, diseases and …

Cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) play an important role as keystone invertebrates in
various marine ecosystems, as well as being a valuable fisheries resource. At the World …

The present article discusses the need for standardization in morphology in order to
increase comparability and communicability of morphological data. We analyse why only …

In zoological nomenclature, to be potentially valid, nomenclatural novelties (ie, new nomina
and nomenclatural acts) need first to be made available, that is, published in works …

Taxonomy is the science that explores, describes, names, and classifies all organisms. In
this introductory chapter, we highlight the major historical steps in the elaboration of this …