Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences
Authors
CerÍaco, L.
GutiÉrrez, E.
Dubois, A.
Discipline
Biological sciences
Subject
Biological collection and data management
Audience
Scientific
Date
2016Metadata
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In defense of a species description without preserved specimens, a few colleagues recently provided arguments that could lead to widespread use of photography-based taxonomy (PBT) (Pape et al. 2016). We 493 collection-based researchers refute these arguments.
Citation
CerÍaco, L.; GutiÉrrez, E.; Dubois, A. (2016). Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences. , Zootaxa, Vol. 4196 (3); Correspondence, 435 445, ISSN: 1175-5326 (print) / 1175-5334 (online), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.9.Identifiers
issn: 1175-5326 (print) / 1175-5334 (online)
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng