Protist taxonomy: An ecological perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 599-610

  Finlay, Bland J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecotype; Genetic and phenotypic divergence; Holistic taxonomy; Morphospecies; Protist

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTIST; SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MYXOZOA; PFIESTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1942519897     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1450     Document Type: Review

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