Impediments to taxonomy and users of taxonomy: Accessibility and impact evaluation

Cladistics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 550-557

  Ebach, Malte C ^a   Valdecasas, Antonio G ^b   Wheeler, Quentin D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INFORMATION; TAXONOMY; TRAINING;

EID: 80052597639     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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