Arthropod diversity and the future of all-taxa inventories

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Didham, Raphael K ^a,b   Edwards, Owain R ^a   Leather, Simon R ^c   basset, Yves ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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EID: 84872787471     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12022     Document Type: Editorial

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