Parataxonomy vs. taxonomy in biodiversity studies - Pitfalls and applicability of 'morphospecies' sorting

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 795-812

  Krell, Frank Thorsten ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Data quality; Morphospecies; Morphotype; Parataxonomic units; Parataxonomy; RTU; Sorting; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DATA QUALITY; MORPHOTYPE; SAMPLING; SORTING; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0842307360     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000011727.53780.63     Document Type: Article

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