3. Requirements Gathering - GUIDs For TAXA?
European Water Vole
Arvicola terrestris
Arvicola amphibius
4. Requirements Gathering - GUIDs For TAXA?
European Water Vole
Arvicola terrestris
Arvicola amphibius
Arvicola terrestris amphibius
5. Requirements Gathering - GUIDs For TAXA?
European Water Vole
Arvicola terrestris
Arvicola amphibius
Arvicola terrestris amphibius
Ratty
The Water Rat
“The Wind in the Willows” Kenneth Grahame
7. 1758 Linnaeus
Published two species Modern Times
on the same page. recognised as the
same species
and A. terrestris used
as name
8. 1758 Linnaeus
Published two species Modern Times
on the same page. recognised as the
same species
and A. terrestris used
as name
2005 Musser & Calton
Found new ‘first reviser’
9. 1758 Linnaeus
Published two species Modern Times
on the same page. recognised as the
same species
and A. terrestris used
as name
2005 Musser & Calton
Found new ‘first reviser’
Name should be
A. amphibius
10. 1758 Linnaeus
Published two species Modern Times
on the same page. recognised as the
same species
and A. terrestris used
as name
2005 Musser & Calton
Found new ‘first reviser’
Name should be
A. amphibius
20** ??
Find new ‘first reviser’
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19. It does matter what you call it.
The names are not interchangeable.
∴ You can’t treat all these resources
as if they were labelled A. amphibius
20. It does matter what you call it.
The names are not interchangeable.
∴ You can’t treat all these resources
as if they were labelled A. amphibius
or
21. It does matter what you call it.
The names are not interchangeable.
∴ You can’t treat all these resources
as if they were labelled A. amphibius
or
It does NOT matter what you call it.
You can treat them as all A. amphibius
∴ There is no point in changing the name
26. Conclusion
A name isn’t a stable identifier
Some rules of nomenclature guarantee instability
Community needs a stable identifier separate from
the name or names should be frozen.
27. Conclusion
A name isn’t a stable identifier
Some rules of nomenclature guarantee instability
Community needs a stable identifier separate from
the name or names should be frozen.
We need to know the characteristics for this
identifier i.e. what ‘they’ (non-taxonomists) need
28. Conclusion
A name isn’t a stable identifier
Some rules of nomenclature guarantee instability
Community needs a stable identifier separate from
the name or names should be frozen.
We need to know the characteristics for this
identifier i.e. what ‘they’ (non-taxonomists) need
This example is separate from taxonomic changes!