Ramping up biodiversity discovery via online quantum contributions

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Maddison, David R ^a   Guralnick, Robert ^b   Hill, Andrew ^c   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^d   McDade, Lucinda A ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; INTERNET; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; INTERNET; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84856081888     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.010     Document Type: Review

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