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The ‘new taxonomy’ - does it require new taxonomists or a new understanding?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Richard P. Lane*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, U.K
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Correspondence is encouraged and should be addressed to the editors.

Abstract

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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