The relation between folk and scientific classifications of plants and animals

Journal of Classification

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 131-159

  Holman, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnobiological classification; Measures of agreement; Signal detection theory; Speciation; Taxonomic rank

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036975348     PISSN: 01764268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00357-001-0036-8     Document Type: Article

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