Big hitting collectors make massive and disproportionate contribution to the discovery of plant species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1736, 2012, Pages 2269-2274

  Bebber, Daniel P ^a   Carine, Mark A ^b   Davidse, Gerrit ^c   Harris, David J ^d   Haston, Elspeth M ^d   Penn, Malcolm G ^b   Cafferty, Steve ^b   Wood, John R I ^e   Scotland, Robert W ^e  

^a EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discovery Process; Plant Collectors; Type Specimen

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIMEN BANK;

EID: 84860015627     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2439     Document Type: Article

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