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‘Integrative taxonomy’ then and now: a response to Dayrat (2005)
Article first published online: 17 DEC 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00919.x
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VALDECASAS, A. G., WILLIAMS, D. and WHEELER, Q. D. (2008), ‘Integrative taxonomy’ then and now: a response to Dayrat (2005). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93: 211–216. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00919.x
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- Issue published online: 17 DEC 2007
- Article first published online: 17 DEC 2007
- Received 18 September 2006; accepted for publication 19 March 2007
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Keywords:
- morphospecies;
- nature of evidence, species delimitation;
- taxonomic theory;
- typology
Deep misunderstandings still besiege taxonomy after more than 200 years of fruitful output. It has been asserted in this journal that taxonomy should be integrative and conform to a series of restrictive guidelines. We show that taxonomy has been integrative for most of its history although, in our sense, integrative does not mean the indiscriminate pooling of any source of data. The guidelines proposed are not founded in good scientific rationale and can have, if followed, a detrimental effect not only on taxonomy, but also on biology as a whole. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 93, 211–216.