On the use of parataxonomy in biodiversity monitoring: A case study on wild flora

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3485-3500

  Abadie, Jean Claude ^a   Andrade, Camila ^a   Machon, Nathalie ^a   Porcher, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Inventory; Monitoring; Morphotypes; Parataxonomy; Sampling bias; Taxonomy; Wider countryside

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; SAMPLING; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 56549117427     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9354-z     Document Type: Article

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