BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORMAN I. PLATNICK
The complete bibliography of the late Norman I. Platnick is presented. His scientific contribution, published over the course of 39 years, includes almost 12,000 pages in 340 printed publications, including 42 monographs, six books and two edited volumes on subjects ranging from the theory and practice of systematics and historical biogeography to the taxonomy of spiders (Araneae), an online searchable database, the World Spider Catalog, and two children's books. During the past 22 years, he self-published 27 full-color books and three articles on the illustration art of magazine covers, advertisements, and articles from America's ‘Golden Age of Illustration’ (1905–1920).Abstract
Annual count of publications (A) and pages (B) of printed scientific contributions by Norman I. Platnick from 1971–2020.
Selected books, catalogs and edited volumes published by Norman I. Platnick. A.Systematics and Biogeography: Cladistics and Vicariance (Nelson and Platnick, 1981). B.Advances in Cladistics, Volume 2: Proceedings of the Second Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society (eds, Platnick and Funk, 1983). C.Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1988–1991, with Synonymies and Transfers 1940–1980 (Platnick, 1993). D.The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The Ground Spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) (Platnick and Dondale, 1992). E.Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992–1995, with Redescriptions 1940–1980 (Platnick, 1998). F.Tarantulas Are Spiders (Platnick, 1995). G.How Many Legs? (Platnick, 2004). H.The Fairest Flower: A Collector's Guide to Frank Desch, Version 1.0 (Platnick, 2008). I.Roses of Romance: A Collector's Guide to Bradshaw Crandell, Version 2.4 (Platnick, 2009). J.American Types: A Collector's Guide to Clarence F. Underwood, Version 1.0 (Platnick, 2015). K.Spiders of the World. A Natural History (ed., Platnick, 2020).
Selected conference proceedings and edited volumes to which Norman I. Platnick contributed. A.Proceedings of the 6th International Arachnology Congress, Amsterdam (1975). B.Verhandlungen 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-Kongress, Wien (ed., Gruber, 1980). C.Vicariance Biogeography: A Critique (eds, Nelson and Rosen, 1981). D.Beyond Neo-Darwinism: An Introduction to the New Evolutionary Paradigm (eds, Ho and Saunders, 1984). E.Systematics, Ecology, and the Biodiversity Crisis (ed., Eldredge, 1992). F.The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy (eds, Cracraft and Grifo, 1999). G.Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: A Debate (eds, Wheeler and Meier, 2000). H.Amazonian Arachnida and Myriapoda (ed., Adis, 2002). I.Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics: Theory, Approaches, and Applications (ed., MacLeod, 2007). J.Letters to Linnaeus (eds, Knapp and Wheeler, 2009). K.Spider Research in the 21st Century: Trends & Perspectives (ed., Penney, 2013). L.The Future of Phylogenetic Systematics: The Legacy of Willi Hennig (eds, Williams, Schmitt and Wheeler, 2016).
Examples of periodicals in which Norman I. Platnick published. A, B.American Museum Novitates (A, 1978; B, 2011). C, D.Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (C, 1989; D, 2013). E.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (1974). F.Systematic Zoology (1976). G.Cladistics (1988). H.Invertebrate Systematics (2002). I.Journal of the New York Entomological Society (1980). J.Journal of Arachnology (1991). K.Acta Arachnologica Sinica (1996). L.Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society (1983).
