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Computers in biology: trends intaxonomy revealed by the published literature
| Title: | Computers in biology: trends intaxonomy revealed by the published literature. |
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| Name(s): |
Winston, Judith E. Metzger, K. L. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1998 | |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |
| Place of Publication: | New York, NY | |
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| Extent: | 5 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007345 (IID), 10.2307/1313138 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Prominent biologists have
stressed the urgent need for
systematics in conserving
biodiversity (e.g., Wilson 1989, May
1990, Anonymous 1991), and with
good reason. According to recent
estimates, between 69% and 96% of
extant species remain undescribed
(Lean et al. 1990, Systematics Agenda
2000 1994). If knowledge of Earth's
biota is so incomplete, it follows that
even the most basic kind of systematics
research, taxonomy-the inventory,
description, and classification
of organisms-is also far from finished. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1177 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Winston, J. E., & Metzger, K. L. (1998). Computers in biology: trends in taxonomy revealed by the published literature. BioScience, 48(2), 125-128. doi: 10.2307/1313138 |
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| Subject(s): |
Biology--Classification Cladistic analysis Taxonomists Electronic information resource searching Computers |
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| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1313138 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007345 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
