Describing Species
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: October 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780231068253
Subjects: Scientific nomenclature & classification; Taxonomy & systematics; Zoology & animal sciences; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Reference; Research & Methodology; Science / Biology; Applied Sciences; Biology; Classification; Species
First sentence: When Carl Linnaeus published the first edition of his Systema Naturae in 1735, he probably thought he was close to fulfilling his ambition of classifying all the plants and animals in the world.