Taxonomy, hypothesis testing and the biodiversity crisis

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  1993-02-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.1993.0020
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