Taxonomy and irreproducible biological science

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-452

  Vink, Cor J ^a,b,c   Paquin, Pierre ^d   Cruickshank, Robert H ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Boards of Systematic Biology   (New Zealand)

^d Scienceinfuse   (Canada)

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EID: 84860729006     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.5.3     Document Type: Note

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