Automated species identification: Why not?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 655-667

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   O'Neill, Mark A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated identification; Computer assisted taxonomy; Routine identification; Taxonomic impediment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1942423755     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1442     Document Type: Review

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