A taxonomic wish-list for community ecology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 585-597

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community ecology; Internet, taxonomy; Phylogenetics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1942519905     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1443     Document Type: Review

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