Demography of coleopterists and their thoughts on DNA barcoding and the Phylocode, with commentary

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 284-292

  Löbl, Ivan ^a   Leschen, Richard A B ^b  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33745545507     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1649/850.1     Document Type: Article

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