Conservation of biodiversity through taxonomy, data publication, and collaborative infrastructures

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1094-1099

  Costello, Mark J ^a   Vanhoorne, Bart ^b   Appeltans, Ward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

^c UNESCO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data access; Online databases; Species discovery; Taxonomic revision

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84937072838     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12496     Document Type: Article

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