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Oct
02

One Taxonomy to Rule Them All

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The order of species in every bird guide, and every bird list, depends on a taxonomy.  It is linear, running from start to finish, but it flattens an underlying tree structure – the tree of life.  This is a whole article by itself. Of concern here is that there’s almost a taxonomy of taxonomies – …

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