subspecies, another 'spin'

Roger C. KENDRICK kendrick at hkusua.hku.hk
Fri Mar 26 05:02:31 EST 1999


Just my hal'p'ny worth

In thought (a rare event in my case) and in combination with looking at lots of
checklists of late, one possible alternative (putting an extra column in the
database, though) would be to make sure the type locality is always given when
compiling a checklist. This gets round the problem on having a species or
subspecies name that isn't geographically orientated, but it means that an extra
appendix is also necessary to incorporate a gazetteer (and all the inherent
problems of location name changes over time!!)

regards,

Roger.

Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX wrote:

> "...... i too find communication value
> in having some kind of name to use in referencing visibly different
> organisms present in differing ecosystems/geographic areas, regardless of
> how they might fit into varying taxonomic concepts and rule sets."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
> Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
> 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
> Phone 250-365-8610
> Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
> http://www.env.gov.bc.ca



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