Species concepts, species boundaries and species identification: A view from the tropics

Systematic Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 689-693

  Balakrishnan, Rohini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 25144493056     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150590950308     Document Type: Review

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