Taxonomic Tapestries : The Threads of Evolutionary, Behavioural and Conservation Research.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (410 pages)
Taxonomic Tapestries -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- PART I -- 1. The Groves effect: 50 years of influence on behaviour, evolution and conservation research -- PART II -- 2. Characterisation of the endemic Sulawesi Lenomys meyeri (Muridae, Murinae) and the description of a new species of Lenomys -- 3. Gibbons and hominoid ancestry -- 4. Hurricanes and coastlines: The role of natural disasters in the speciation of howler monkeys -- 5. Adolf Remane: Notes on his work on primates -- 6. Retouch intensity on Quina scrapers at Combe Grenal: A test of the reduction model -- 7. What are species and why does it matter? Anopheline taxonomy and the transmission of malaria -- PART III -- 8. Lamarck on species and evolution -- 9. Naming the scale of nature -- 10. Changes in human tooth-size and shape with the Neolithic transition in Indo-Malaysia -- 11. Variation in the Early and Middle Pleistocene: The phylogenetic relationships of Ceprano, Bodo, Daka, Kabwe and Buia -- 12. Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves -- PART IV -- 13. The domestic and the wild in the Mongolian horse and the takhi -- 14. Rhino systematics in the times of Linnaeus, Cuvier, Gray and Groves -- 15. Conservation consequences of unstable taxonomies: The case of the red colobus monkeys -- 16. The phylogenetic species concept and its role in Southeast Asian mammal conservation -- 17. Conserving gorilla diversity -- 18. The warp and weft: Synthesising our taxonomic tapestry -- Index.
This volume explores the complexity, diversity and interwoven nature of taxonomic pursuits within the context of explorations of humans and related species. It also pays tribute to Professor Colin Groves, whose work has had an enormous impact on this field.