Revolutionary thoughts on taxonomy: Declarations of independence and interdependence

Zoologia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Wheeler, Quentin D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Classification; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949094374     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702009000100001     Document Type: Article

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