This quote
from here suggests yes.
So if people replace their phones every couple of years by 2015 we could see 50% of people having one in their pocket or bag. That is either a long way off and only half the population or it is really quick and the majority of people. It depends which way you look at it.
I’m looking to do some work on Rhododendron again and so have had to dig out the old digital copy of my PhD thesis. I have mangled the MS Word files together using OpenOffice derivative NeoOffice. For the record here is a PDF version of it. Molecular and Conventional Data Sets and the Systematics of Rhododendron L. Subgenus Hymenanthes (Blume) K.Koch (5.2 megabytes).
I put this talk together for a meeting just in case I needed to elaborate on a point in one of my reports. I never used it but post it here for the record.
The slides are pretty self explanatory. The rules of nomenclature applied by some studious nomenclaturists lead to a change in the official name of a protected rodent. A name that has been stable for years. Who does this name change help? What purpose does it serve outside of playing the nomenclatural game?
Your comments are most welcome -especially if you are rodent specialist.
I just wrote 500 words explaining the relationship between Taxonomy, Nomenclature and PESI for use in the PESI portal. Here they are:
The process of creating a classification of life is split into two parts. Firstly experts decide which species exist. This process is called taxonomy. Secondly the experts work out what to call the species they recognise. This is called nomenclature.
The relationship between taxonomy and nomenclature is complex. Continue reading »