Declines in the numbers of amateur and professional taxonomists: Implications for conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-249

  Hopkins, G W ^a,b   Freckleton, R P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; RESEARCH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0842298440     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002002299     Document Type: Article

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