Further evidence of more taxonomists discovering new species, and that most species have been named: Response to Bebber et al. (2014)

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 739-740

  Costello, Mark J ^a   Houlding, Brett ^b   Joppa, Lucas N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authors; Biodiversity; Flowering plants; Publications; Species richness; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; PLANT; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CLASSIFICATION; PLANTS;

EID: 84897988832     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12689     Document Type: Letter

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