What would NASA do? Mission-critical infrastructure for species exploration

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Wheeler, Quentin ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural history collections; Science policy; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650130682     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772001003628075     Document Type: Review

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