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OniscidBase: A call for contributions to a global database to advance terrestrial isopod research
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- Gongalsky, Konstantin B.
- De Smedt, Pallieter
- Kuznetsova, Daria M.
- Segers, Stijn
- Gardini, Pietro
- Hornung, Elisabeth
- Korobushkin, Daniil I.
- Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl
- Robla, Jairo
- Szlavecz, Katalin
- de Araujo, Paula B.
- Barantal, Sandra
- Berg, Matty P.
- Bichuette, Maria Elina
- Binder, Stephanie
- Boeraeve, Pepijn
- Burton, Victoria J.
- Byzov, Philipp S.
- Campos Filho, Ivanklin Soares
- Chauvat, Matthieu
- Coulis, Mathieu
- Ganault, Pierre
- Ganz, Matteo
- Hedde, Mickael
- Janion-Scheepers, Charlene
- Jiang, Chao
- Jones, Nathan T.
- Kästle, Benedikt
- Li, Weichun
- Marx, Michael T.
- Minor, Maria
- Montesanto, Giuseppe
- Steinwandter, Michael
- Szpalek, Artur
- van der Vegt, Wouter B.
- Zaitsev, Andrey S.
- Taiti, Stefano
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Gongalsky, Konstantin B., De Smedt, Pallieter, Kuznetsova, Daria M., Segers, Stijn, Gardini, Pietro, Hornung, Elisabeth, Korobushkin, Daniil I., Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Robla, Jairo, Szlavecz, Katalin, de Araujo, Paula B., Barantal, Sandra, Berg, Matty P., Bichuette, Maria Elina, Binder, Stephanie, Boeraeve, Pepijn, Burton, Victoria J., Byzov, Philipp S., Campos Filho, Ivanklin Soares, Chauvat, Matthieu, Coulis, Mathieu, Ganault, Pierre, Ganz, Matteo, Hedde, Mickael, Janion-Scheepers, Charlene, Jiang, Chao, Jones, Nathan T., Kästle, Benedikt, Li, Weichun, Marx, Michael T., Minor, Maria, Montesanto, Giuseppe, Steinwandter, Michael, Szpalek, Artur, van der Vegt, Wouter B., Zaitsev, Andrey S., Taiti, Stefano (2025): OniscidBase: A call for contributions to a global database to advance terrestrial isopod research. Soil Organisms 97 (3): 247-269, DOI: 10.25674/466, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25674/466
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