Systematic data in biodiversity studies: Use it or lose it

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 303-316

  Funk, V A ^a   Richardson, K S ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Collections data; Conservation planning; Guyana; Irreplaceability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GUYANA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GUYANA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036554651     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150252899789     Document Type: Article

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