Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences.

Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences.
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生物多样性数据和社会偏好的分类偏见。

DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-09084-6
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发表时间:
2017-08-22
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影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Legendre F
Legendre F
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综合性期刊3区
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作者:
Troudet J;Grandcolas P;Blin A;Vignes-Lebbe R;Legendre F

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