International Commission
on Zoological Nomenclature

standards, sense, and stability for animal names in science

Mentions of the ICZN

This page lists articles and papers that reference the ICZN or ZooBank.

PLoS One: A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters

This paper follows the guidelines originally agreed with PloS for ‘Almost E-only Publication’ – An interim solution.

 

In addition David Notton recieves an acknowedgment for his assistance.

"Special thanks to [...] D. Notton, ICZN Secreatriat, for assistance on taxonomic treatment."

 

Charlton-Robb K, Gershwin L-a, Thompson R, Austin J, Owen K, et al. (2011) A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters. PLoS ONE 6(9): e24047. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024047

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Antenna: ICZN – an Increasing Concern for Zoological Nomenclature?

"Try to imagine a world in which our languages have no nouns. How well could we communicate? This challenge was posed by Michael Dixon, Director of London’s Natural History Museum, to an audience of nearly 700 people gathered at the Royal Geographical Society on 16th December last year."

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Data standards, sense and stability: Scratchpads, the ICZN and ZooBank

Paper describing the technical structure of the ICZN website and its use of the Scratchpads platform, as well as future plans and ZooBank integration.

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by: Vince Smith, Simon Rycroft, Dave Roberts, Ben Scott...