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01-02-2014 | Letter to the Editor

Who will collect and name them?

Author: Sanjay Kumar Uniyal

Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation | Issue 2/2014

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Extinction of species before they could be named surely continues and in this regards the article by Richling and Bouchet (2013) is noteworthy. While on one hand this highlights the importance of field surveys, on the other, it also points to the plight of the field based studies. Today, unfortunately, we have less students willing to work in the forests (Lindenmayer and Likens 2011). …

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Title: Who will collect and name them?
Author: Sanjay Kumar Uniyal
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0960-3115
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9710
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-013-0601-6

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