The web and the structure of taxonomy

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 943-955

  Godfray, H C J ^a   Clark, B R ^a   Kitching, I J ^b   Mayo, S J ^c   Scoble, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E Science; Internet; Taxonomy; Web revision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SPECIATION; INTERNET; PUBLISHING;

EID: 36249006932     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150701777521     Document Type: Article

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