Species inflation and taxonomic artefacts-A critical comment on recent trends in mammalian classification

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Zachos, Frank E ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^b   Bärmann, Eva V ^c   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^d   Göhlich, Ursula ^a   Habel, Jan Christian ^e   Haring, Elisabeth ^a,f   Kruckenhauser, Luise ^a   Lovari, Sandro ^g   McDevitt, Allan D ^h   Pertoldi, Cino ⁱ   Rössner, Gertrud E ^j,k,l   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^m   Scandura, Massimo ^b   Suchentrunk, Franz ⁿ  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c Museum of Zoology   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l GeoBio Center   (Germany)

^m Paläontologisches Institut and Museum   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Biological species concept; Cryptic species; Genetic species concept; Phylogenetic species concept; Taxonomic inflation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; RANKING; SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869861622     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.07.083     Document Type: Review

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