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Werner, Y. L. (2009). How not to write in defense of threatened tortoises. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1(9), 471–473.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Werner2009 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Arabien = Arabia, Habitat = habitat, Nordafrika = Northern Africa, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Systematik = taxonomy, Testudinidae, Testudo, Testudo graeca, Testudo kleinmanni Creators: Werner Collection: Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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Testudinidae Testudo floweri werneri graeca kleinmanni antakyensis terrestris Abstract: Prudent use of the limited conservation resources rests on solid taxonomy data. This is a critical review of a taxonomy paper aimed at conservation but in itself not fully reliable (“Genetic evidence for premature taxonomic inflation in Middle Eastern tortoises”, Parham et al., 2006, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 57: 955–964). Its authors consider that unjustified naming of species is detrimental to conservation. This reviewer considers the paper flawed in (a) selection and reportage of voucher specimens, partly erroneous or inaccurate; (b) methods; (c) scientific reasoning and conclusions; and (d) clarity of argumentation. Hence even if the results are supported by the more solid results of others, the paper in itself is considered not to be sufficiently reliable for systematics or conservatiion.
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