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Nature 437, 477 (22 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437477a; Published online 21 September 2005
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A universal register for animal names
Andrew Polaszek1,
- Andrew Polaszek is Executive Secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, based at the Natural History Museum, London.
aThe list of co-authors can be found in Supplementary Information.
Abstract
Andrew Polaszek and colleagues propose an open-access web-register for animal names, which they believe is vital to move taxonomy into the twenty-first century.
How can we maintain and continue to benefit from our planet's biodiversity? A first step, the effective exchange of information about biodiversity, needs an efficient and stable means of naming species.
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