Archives

Categories

Tags

Things I Support




I Support the Public Library of Science

Tahitian Tree Snail Avoid Extinction by Heading for the Mountains

Partula spp. from Society Islands. Photo Credit: Marc Agren

In a short, but sweet, paper by Lee et al. published in the Current Biology, there is a “glimmer of hope” for montane tahitian tree snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Partulidae, Partula spp.). They examined the mitochondrial haplotype diversity of tree snail specimens locked away in [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Repost: Is the World of Taxonomy Ready for PLoS Systematics?

This article was originally published February 20, 2008 at The Other 95%, where a good comment thread is also archived. I am reposting because I plan on discussing open access and electronic publishing in taxonomy more and feel this article sets the mood for my future thoughts. I recently posted an update on state of systematics [...]

  • Share/Bookmark