[Taxacom] PDF request

[Fabian Haas]

  ah thats true! Indeed, I think the background there is, surprisingly 
often, not taxonomy

On 23.08.10 11:08, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> Hi Fabian,
> I was quoting, not saying!
> Cheers,
> Stephen
>
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> *From:* Fabian Haas <fhaas at icipe.org>
> *To:* Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
> *Cc:* "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> *Sent:* Mon, 23 August, 2010 6:54:07 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Taxacom] PDF request
>
>   Hi Stephen,
>
> not sure what you mean with domination. In my work in the CBD and
> Biodiversity Informatics organisations, I found many people with
> background other than taxonomy: Political Science, Ecology, what not...
> So I dont see that this was true, sure some come from Museums (which
> again is no proof they would be taxonomists), so I dont see a domination.
>
> Cheers
> Fabian
>
> On 23.08.10 06:20, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> > I don't have the PDF, but I found this discussion:
> > http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/node/648
> >
> > 'At the recent e-Biosphere conference (http://www.e-biosphere09.org 
> <http://www.e-biosphere09.org/>) the
> > overwhelming feeling of the meeting was that burgeoning field of 
> biodiversity
> > informatics was being led, perhaps dominated, by descriptive 
> taxonomists. This
> > came as something of a surprise to many of the leading players in 
> the field, so
> > here we want to explore how a taxonomic initiative may have real 
> benefits for
> > ecologists'
> >
> > I think we ought not to construe "descriptive taxonomists" too 
> narrowly - seems
> > ecologists think that is what all non-ecologists are!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Lisong Wang<lswang at ibcas.ac.cn <mailto:lswang at ibcas.ac.cn>>
> > To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu <mailto:taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Sent: Mon, 23 August, 2010 3:06:58 PM
> > Subject: [Taxacom] PDF request
> >
> > Hi, I am looking for a PDF paper, Tillier S. (2009) Biodiversity 
> Informatics.
> > What's in it for us? Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 2009 
> 40(3):
> > 39-42.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Lisong
> >
> >
> >
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Dr. Fabian Haas
Insect Taxonomist and ABS Specialist
ICIPE - African Insect Science for Food and Health
Duduville Campus, Kasarani
P.O. Box 30772 - 00100
N A I R O B I
Kenya

Telephone No. 	+254 (0)20 8632000
Fax No.	+254 (0)20 8632001
Cell Phone	+254 (0)728 132868

This position is supported by CIM, the Centre for International Migration www.cimonline.de