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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I’m looking for a current definition of ‘gamma taxonomy’, especially as it pertains to the role of natural history collections in documenting ecological and evolutionary
research. From what I understand, gamma taxonomy is concerned with ranks below the species level including subspecies, variety, forma and populations. From ‘A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition’, by Lincoln, Boxhall
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Alpha taxonomy:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Descriptive taxonomy; that aspect of taxonomy concerned with the description and designation of species, typically on the basis of morphological characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beta taxonomony:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The arrangement of species into hierarchical systems of higher categories or taxa; macrotaxonomy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Gamma taxonomy:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">That aspect of taxonomy concerned with intraspecific populations and with phylogenetic trends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Does gamma taxonomy also include investigations of the ecological and evolutionary ‘processes’ that give rise to variation at this level?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If so, do vouchers that document investigations of ecological and evolutionary process belong in natural history collections?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What is the best way to select vouchers if the goal is to capture the breadth and depth of a research project for future generations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Erica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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