The quality of name-based species records in databases

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-7

  Santos, António M ^a,b   Branco, Madalena ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

EID: 84455196041     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.004     Document Type: Letter

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