Taxonomic surrogacy in biodiversity assessments, and the meaning of Linnaean ranks

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-159

  Bertrand, Y ^a,b   Pleijel, F ^a,c   Rouse, G W ^d,e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Linnaean ranks; Polychaeta; Taxonomic surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; POLYCHAETA; RATTUS;

EID: 33744806071     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001908     Document Type: Review

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