Stuffed birds on trees: an historical review of avian systematics in southern Africa

Title: Stuffed birds on trees: an historical review of avian systematics in southern Africa
Creator: Craig, Adrian J F K
Date Issued: 2000
Date: 2000
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6931
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011949
Description: Avian systematics in southern Africa has been heavily dependent on a small number of museum-based specialists. They produced bird checklists which prescribed the names to be used by other scientists. After an initial phase of cataloguing the avifauna, a major preoccupation was the description of geographical variation, which was documented in an extensive subspecific nomenclature. Until recent years, few African ornithologists have been involved in systematics as a biological discipline. This historical overview considers the contribution of particular individuals from Andrew Smith to Phillip Clancey.
Format: 9 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Craig, A.J.F.K. (2000) Stuffed birds on trees: an historical review of avian systematics in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54 (1). pp. 157-165.

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