Preface
Preface
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DOI：
10.3897/zookeys.1044.69727
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发表时间：
2021-06-16
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1.3
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Penev L
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作者：
Spence J;Casale A;Assmann T;Liebherr JK;Penev L
ZooKeys的这期特刊纪念Terry Lee Erwin博士（1940-2020），他是该杂志的创始编辑。特里也是一位杰出的系统学家，专门研究步甲科，也是世界上生物多样性危机的主要权威之一，特别是在热带森林的冠层动物方面。他作为一名实践科学家、教育家和昆虫自然史的公众倡导者，贡献巨大。他在2020年5月的意外去世对步甲科的学生和对了解新热带森林生物多样性感兴趣的国际社会来说是一个重大损失。在这本书中，我们展示了他对他人的影响，通过一组科学论文，反映了这种影响的广度，以及与特里一起工作和互动的人提供的一系列个人记忆。这种影响既包括他自己的科学工作的直接影响，也包括他对其他从事步甲研究的人的不寻常的鼓励和慷慨支持。欧文，强调他与新世界热带地区的联系，以及他对生活在那里的甲虫的工作的起源，其次是他的科学成就的一般总结，以及他留下的遗产，以支持和鼓励他所触及的领域的工作。这项工作结束了他最核心的工作作为一个分类学家列出的属和种，他说，和分类命名在他的荣誉，由其他人承认他的影响力的领域。这本书是在Pensoft出版社的慷慨支持下出版的。编辑们衷心感谢所有的贡献者和ZooKeys的高素质工作人员，感谢他们为我们的朋友、同事和模范系统学家制作这份纪念品所做的努力。
This special issue of ZooKeys celebrates the memory of Dr. Terry Lee Erwin (1940-2020), who was the founding Editor of this journal. Terry was also a preeminent systematist specializing in the beetle family Carabidae, as well as one of the world’s principal authorities on the biodiversity crisis, especially in relation to the canopy fauna of tropical forests. His contributions as a practicing scientist, an educator and a public advocate for insect natural history were enormous. His unexpected passing in May 2020 was a significant loss to students of the Carabidae and to the worldwide community interested in understanding the biological diversity of Neotropical forests. In this volume we showcase his influence on others, both through a set of scientific papers that reflect the breadth of that influence, and a series of personal memories offered by people who worked and interacted with Terry. That influence includes both the direct impacts of his own scientific work and the unusual level of encouragement and generous support that he provided to others who pursued work on carabid beetles. The volume begins with a short biography of Dr. Erwin, emphasizing his connections to the New World tropics and the genesis of his work on the beetles that live there, followed by a general summary of his scientific accomplishments and the legacy that he leaves behind to support and encourage work in the areas that he touched. The work closes with a view of his most central work as a taxonomist by listing the genera and species that he described, and the taxa named in his honour by others in recognition of his influence on the field. This volume was made possible through the generous support of Pensoft Publishers. The Editors sincerely thank all contributors and the highly competent staff of ZooKeys for their efforts in producing this memorial to our friend, colleague and exemplary systematist.