Biodiversity Research Based on Taxonomic Revisions - A Tale of Unrealized Opportunities

Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 323-345

  Dikow, Torsten ^a,b   Meier, Rudolf ^c   Vaidya, Gaurav G ^c   Londt, Jason G H ^d,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 77953037171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004148970.I-45     Document Type: Chapter

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