Zoological nomenclature in the century of extinctions: Priority vs. 'usage'

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-274

  Dubois, Alain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Argument of authority; Categories of usage; Change in rules; Code; Extinctions; Museums; Nomen; Nomenclature; Onomatophore; Priority; Stability; Taxonomic gap; Taxonomic urgency; Taxonomy; Usage

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; MUSEUM; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 78649657580     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0021-3     Document Type: Review

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