1. Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists
by Judith E. Winston 
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Description: ISBN10: 0231068247, ISBN13: 9780231068246, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Hardcover, xx + 518 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Bent tips of page corners, short corner creases. Boards show fingermarks, non-sticky residue of removed sticker, gentle scratches, rubbing; tips of upper corners are bent and scuffed. No dust jacket. -- Contents: I. Introduction 1 Introduction [Describing the Living World; Why Is Species Description Necessary; How New Species Are Described; Scope & Organization of This Book; Pleasures of Systematics; Sources] 2 Biological Nomenclature [Humans as Taxonomists; Biological Nomenclature; Folk Taxonomy; Binomial Nomenclature; Development of Codes of Nomenclature; Current Codes; Future of the Codes]; II. Recognizing Species 3 Species & Their Discovery [Species Concepts; Processes Affecting Speciation; Taxonomic Characters; Examples of Ways in Which Biologists Have Discovered New Species] 4 Establishing Identity: Literature Search [Mistakes & Bad Examples; Establishing Identity; Where to Find & How to Read the Taxonomic Literature; Species Descriptions; Searching on the Internet] 5 Establishing Identity: Using Museum Collections [Collections, Museums, Herbaria; Locating & Borrowing Material; Type Material; Visiting Collections: What to Expect & How to Behave; Cooperation with Systematists]; III. Writing Species Descriptions 6 Species Descriptions in Taxonomy 7 Headings and Synonymies [Description Headings; Synonyms; Synonymies; New Species; Types of & Terms Used in Synonymies; Different Kinds of Synonymies; References in Headings & Synonymies] 8 Naming Species: Etymology [Naming Species; Brief Review of Latin and Greek; Basic Rules of Species Names; Descriptive & Geographic & Commemorative & Nonsense Species Names; Etymology Section] 9 Type and Voucher Material 10 Diagnosis 11 Description Section [Descriptive Writing; Information Used in the Description Section; Writing the Description; Telegraphic Style; Description Section: Animals & Plants (Examples of Styles for Different Groups); Illustrating Taxonomic Descriptions] 12 Taxonomic Discussion Section [Purpose of the Discussion Section; Discussion in Descriptions of New Species; Evidence to Include; Composite Papers; Discussion Section in Other Species Descriptions; Taxonomic Ethics] 13 Ecology Section [Ecology in Species Descriptions; Analysis of Ecological Variation; Field Records: Getting the Most from Field Work; Ecological Information from Museum Specimens; Ecology Section] 14 Occurrence & Distribution 15 Material Examined 16 Publication [Criteria of Publication: Zoology & Botany; Preparation & Submission of the Manuscript; Final Revision and Publication; Journals That Publish Taxonomic Papers]; IV. Beyond Species Description 17 Subspecies [Why Are Subspecies Important; Infraspecific Variation; Rules of Infraspecific Nomenclature: Zoology & Botany; Deciding When to Name an Infraspecific Taxon; Writing Infraspecific Descriptions] 18 Genus-Level Description and Revision [Genus Concept; When to Describe a New Genus; Generic Names; Publication of Generic Names; Generic Types; Examples of Generic-Level Description; Problems Caused by Generic Revision; Infrageneric Categories and Names] 19 Keys [Keys in Taxonomy; Key Characters; Single-Access (Analytical or Sequential) Keys; Multiaccess Keys (Polyclaves); Interactive Identification; Key Construction; Computerized Key Construction] 20 Description of Higher Taxa [Family Concepts and Their Use in Taxonomy; Practical Significance in Biology; Describing Families; Family-Level Descriptions: Examples; Redescriptions of Family-Level Taxa; Descriptions of Taxa Above the Family Level; Problems with Nomenclature of Higher Taxa] 21 Common Problems [Missing Types; Lectotypes; Neotypes; Necessary Name Changes; Replacement Names: Homonymy; Conservation of a Name; Emendations; New Combinations; Lack of Information] 22 Further Studies in Systematics; Literature Cited; Subject & Author & Taxon Index [Inagh, CLARE, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1999]  

2. Describing Species
by Winston, Judith 
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3. Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists
by Winston, Judith 
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4. Describing Species
by Winston, Judith 
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5. Describing Species
by Winston, Judith 
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6. Describing Species : Practical Taxonomic Procedures for Biologists
by Winston, Judith E. 
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7. DESCRIBING SPECIES
by Winston, Judith 
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Description: ISBN10: 0231068247, ISBN13: 9780231068246, [publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PR] Hardcover A basic practical manual for the process of describing new species, this desperately needed desk reference and guide to nomenclatural procedure and taxonomic writing serves as a Strunk & White of species description, covering both botanical and zoological c. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1999]  

8. DESCRIBING SPECIES
by Winston, Judith 
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Description: ISBN10: 0231068247, ISBN13: 9780231068246, [publisher: COLUMBIA UNIV PR] Hardcover A basic practical manual for the process of describing new species, this desperately needed desk reference and guide to nomenclatural procedure and taxonomic writing serves as a Strunk & White of species description, covering both botanical and zoological c. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1999]  

9. Describing Species : Practical Taxonomic Procedures for Biologists
by Winston, Judith E. 
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10. Describing Species
by Winston, Judith 
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