Declining rates of species described per taxonomist: slowdown of progress or a side-effect of improved quality in taxonomy?
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1Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE–104 05 Stockholm, Sweden; 2Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; and 3Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 4444, USA ∗Correspondence to be sent to: Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE–104 05 Stockholm, Sweden; E-mail: [email protected].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Systematic biology
دوره 64 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015