The seven great questions of systematic biology: An essential foundation for conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-144

  Cracraft, Joel ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diversity; Inventory; Phylogenetics; Phyloinformatics; Systematics; Systematics Agenda 2000

Indexed keywords

THUJA;

EID: 0036077661     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3298558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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