No Name, No Game

  • Yves Samyn
  • Olivier De Clerck
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.10

Abstract

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Author Biography

Yves Samyn

Coordinator of the Belgian National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative

Conservator of the invertebrates (non insects and archnomorphs) collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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Published
2012-03-27
How to Cite
Samyn, Y., & De Clerck, O. (2012). No Name, No Game. European Journal of Taxonomy, (10). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.10
Issue
No. 10 (2012): No name, no game
Section
Opinion Paper
Copyright (c) 2012 Yves Samyn, Olivier De Clerck

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