Diversity Taxon Names

Relations

Relations between a taxa can be added in the area Relation.

You can insert 2 types of relations:

• Ecological interactions
• Taxonomic concept relationships

Ecological interactions

These relations handle interactions between taxa like taxon a is a parasite of taxon b as in the example below.

Taxonomic concept relationships

These relations handle relations between taxonomic concept where e.g. the definition of taxon a only in parts overlaps with the definition of taxon b as in the example below.

For both options use the (add) button to add a new relation. A window will open where you must choose the type of the relation. The type can not be changed after it has been set. To change the type of the relation you need to delete the entry and add it with the new type. To remove a relation use the (remove) buttons.

The data of the relations are stored in table TaxonRelation.