Foundational issues concerning taxa and taxon names

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-301

  Ereshefsky, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individuals; Kinds; PhyloCode; Rigid designators; Species; Taxa; Taxon names

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY;

CLASSIFICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34447290027     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150701317401     Document Type: Review

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