The role of taxonomy in species conservation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 711-719

  Mace, Georgina M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Phylogeny; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1942455410     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1454     Document Type: Review

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