Sentences with phrase «taxonomic research»

The different colors and shapes within the same species group however make the traditional morphological methods of taxonomic research hard to use to identify the real species diversity within the family.

Examples of fringe collaboration include the amateur naturalist who brings in a species new to science but is not concerned with subsequent taxonomic research on it, the technician who makes a vital series of analyses at a distant laboratory, or the group of undergraduates who provide a preliminary database from student projects that later forms the justification for a full - blown project.

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«I don't necessarily care what the taxonomic rank would be of the units I'm studying,» says Hey, whose current research involves cichlid fish in Lake Malawi.

Students, assisted by MU Curators» Professor James Carrel and Research Entomologist Mark Deyrup with the Archbold Biological Station in Florida, identified each prey item to the lowest taxonomic level and calculated its mass.

To address this issue, Dr. R. Alexander Pyron, The George Washington University, and his international research team have included a taxonomic review and discussion on the relationships and origin within a non-venomous snake tribe in a paper, published in the open - access journal ZooKeys.

The study shows a significant trend in some of the most researched taxonomic groups, according to Watson.

If this theory holds up to subsequent research, Stephen Gould's notion that these early Cambrian «weirdos» were revolutionary taxonomic one - offs will become less plausible, as more of the critical species are received back into the fold of taxa still alive today.

«There may be no direct application of this research unless you are identifying liverworts, but direct application is only one kind of benefit, and solid taxonomic studies have many, the least of which is that we learn what is out there in the world around us,» comments the lead author Dr Matt Renner.

The extensive data from these collections constitute the foundation for all taxonomic - systematic, ecological, biogeographical or biostratigraphic basic research as well as for applied, environmentally relevant research.

His main research interests is the study of microbial diversity, specifically of protists, in the marine environment, both in terms of a description of the taxonomic composition of these assemblages as well as understanding their patterns of temporal and spatial variation in the environment.

As in all initial proposals, it is anticipated that future research will lead to greater refinement in the taxonomic criteria.

The taxonomic, diagnostic, practical, and research implications of the findings are discussed.