Membership is now open for the International Society for Taxonomic Explorations (ISTE). Please contact Prof. Isidro A. T. Savillo, if interested. This society was inspired by what a UK based organization is doing in its neighborhood programs in biodiversity evaluation. Learn as well as discover new species in your area. Through this, one can go further more- find means of sustaining as well as conserving such species of interest. Study their roles in the community. Long term observations can gauge the effect of the prevalent environmental conditions affecting them. At the end, you will soon realize, that what you did have contributed largely to the world's ecological balance and understanding. Your projects and activities will be posted here whether it will be in the form of publications or essays or a photo album labeled with correct scientific names. In case, you did interdisciplinary studies with your taxonomic work such as avian ecology, etc. you are also welcome to post it here. ISTE was established on Earth Day 2012.
Why is ISTE membership important? Be a Naturalist!
Members can post their questions or taxonomic problems by sending those to me and these will be posted in the ISTE web site for public viewing and subsequently be forwarded to the specific taxonomic expert. Answers to your queries by the taxonomic experts will not be posted publicly but as an ISTE member, you can come inside ISTE's web site and have access to answers to your questions. The answers will be made available to all ISTE members or only to a selected few depending on the arrangements. There will be particular rules and regulations that ISTE members will have to abide to and these will be revealed soon. A convenient scientific methodology prior to requesting for identification will be provided by the expert so initial data will be at hand once identification is being sought from the expert. I believe this society is the world's most practical taxonomic resource offering an easier and convenient way in taxonomic analysis of any species. So please, we encourage you to become ISTE members now. By doing so, we could all become naturalists considering that we cover interest in a broad range of organisms.
Ongoing list of Worldwide Taxonomic Experts. These are volunteer taxonomic experts that we can run to for identification and verification. Whether it is for a scientific project or research or just a hobby by inspecting the plant and animal species in your neighborhood this could eventually add knowledge to you and to every member of ISTE. In this way, we then can live up to our harmony with nature.
(2014) iPlant - prospective collaborative org for ISTE. Other organizations are welcome!
1. Lichenology- Dr. Harrie Sipman (Germany)
2. Eumycetozoans- Dr. Steven L. Stephenson (USA)
3. Myrmecology- ongoing
4. Lepidopterology - ongoing
5. Malacology- ongoing
6. Herpetology - ongoing
7. Bryology - Dr. Jeffrey G. Duckett (U.K.)
8. Phanerogams/Plant Systematics - Dr. Walter Judd (U.S.A)
9. Phanergamology- Dr. Walter Judd (U.S.A.)
10. Gymnosperm Taxonomy- Dr. Walter Judd (U.S.A.)
11. Pomology
12. Orchidology
13. Pteridology - ongoing
14. Phycology - ongoing
15. Mycology - ongoing
16. Arthropodology
17. Carcinology- ongoing
18. Entomology
19. Arachnology
20. Coleopterology
21. Ornithology- ongoing
22. Cetology
23. Ichthyology
24. Protozoology
25. Helminthology
26. Oligochaetology
27. Echinodermology- ongoing
28. Parazoology
29. Cnidariology- ongoing
30. Cynology
31. Siphonapterology
32. Odonatology- ongoing
33. Sirenian Taxonomy- ongoing
34. Mammalogy
35. Wetland Plants Taxonomy- ongoing
36. Carnivorous Plants Taxonomy- ongoing
37. Marine Grasses Taxonomy
38. Bacteriology/Virology
Associate Taxonomic Scientists are local experts in the country of ISTE members that they can confer (as needed e.g. limited specimen, rare reproduction, etc. ) their work upon direction and approval by the World Expert.
Let scientific names be routinely used in universal communication. It will be easier for everyone to ecologically understand and save species all throughout the world. . I. Savillo `05/03/2012
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