The perils of addressing long-term challenges in a short-term world: Making descriptive taxonomy predictive

Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 67-96

  Bateman, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952845972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974540.004     Document Type: Chapter

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