On specimen killing in the era of conservation crisis - A quantitative case for modernizing taxonomy and biodiversity inventories.
For centuries taxonomy has relied on dead animal specimens, a practice that persists today despite the emergence of innovative biodiversity assessment methods. Taxonomists and conservationists are engaged in vigorous discussions over the necessity of killing animals for specimen sampling, but quanti...
Main Authors: | Patrick O Waeber, Charlie J Gardner, Wilson R Lourenço, Lucienne Wilmé |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5597100?pdf=render |
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