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What really hampers taxonomy and conservation? A riposte to Garnett and Christidis (2017)
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Dubois, Alain (2017): What really hampers taxonomy and conservation? A riposte to Garnett and Christidis (2017). Zootaxa 4317 (1): 179-184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.10
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