The value of rtus and parataxonomy versus taxonomic species

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Ward, Darren F ^a   Stanley, Margaret C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Focal taxa; Morphospecies; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Recognisable taxonomic unit (RTU)

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749097709     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2004.9722118     Document Type: Article

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