Ecology versus taxonomy: Is there a middle ground?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 387-388, Issue , 1998, Pages 451-457

  Nielsen, D L ^a   Shiel, R J ^a   Smith, F J ^a  

^a EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological studies; Flooding; Rotifera; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; TAXONOMY;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 0032449087     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8_58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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