German Society for Biological Systematics
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik | |
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| Abbreviation | GfBS |
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| Formation | 1997 |
| Type | Scientific society |
| Legal status | Registered association (e.V.) |
| Purpose | Systematics & Taxonomy |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
President | Thomas Bartolomaeus |
| Affiliations | VBIO, BioSyst.EU |
| Website | www |
The Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (English: German Society for Biological Systematics) is a German scientific society that promotes research and networking in the fields of biological systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics, evolution, and biodiversity science. Founded in Berlin in 1997, the society brings together researchers working across zoology, botany, palaeontology, protozoology, and related disciplines concerned with the diversity of organisms.[1][2]
Activities
The GfBS organizes an annual scientific meeting.
The society is also associated with the academic journal Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, which has been published since 2001 and is currently distributed by Springer Nature, having been initially published with Elsevier.[3][4]
Affiliations
The GfBS is a member society of the Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland (VBIO). It is also a participant in BioSyst.EU, a European umbrella network of systematic biology societies.[5][6]
Awards
The society awards the Bernhard Rensch Prize, established in 2004, for outstanding doctoral dissertations in biological systematics. The name of the prize honours Bernhard Rensch, a German evolutionary biologist and ornithologist.[7]
Honorary members
Elected honorary members of the society include:
See also
References
- ↑ "GfBS: Homepage". Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ Dumoulin Kervran, David; Ollivier, Guillaume (2013). "Comment peut-on être systématicien ?". Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances (in French). 7 (2): 365–410. doi:10.3917/rac.019.0365.
- ↑ "Zeitschrift Organisms Diversity & Evolution - im Portrait". Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Organisms Diversity & Evolution journal home page". Springer Nature. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik e.V. (GfBS)". VBIO. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Member societies of BioSyst.EU". BioSyst.EU. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Awards". Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Honorary Members". Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik. Retrieved 8 July 2026.