Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

CerÍaco, L.; GutiÉrrez, E.; Dubois, A.

Authors

CerÍaco, L.

GutiÉrrez, E.

Dubois, A.

Discipline

Biological sciences

Subject

Biological collection and data management

Audience

Scientific

Date

2016

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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.

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issn: 1175-5326 (print) / 1175-5334 (online)

uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/11598

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.9

url: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.9

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Article

Peer-Review

Yes

Language

eng