Networking Taxonomic Concepts - Uniting without ‘Unitary-ism’

Biodiversity Databases: Techniques, Politics, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 13-22

  Berendsohn, Walter G ^a   Geoffroy, Marc ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 85134903369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439832547-3     Document Type: Chapter

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