Taxonomy for the twenty-first century: Introduction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 559-569

  Godfray, H C J ^a   Knapp, S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1942488139     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1457     Document Type: Editorial

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