Time to standardize taxonomies

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-133

  Avise, John C ^a   Mitchell, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STANDARD; TIME;

CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247605518     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150601145365     Document Type: Short Survey

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