Biodiversity databases : techniques, politics, and applications / edited by Gordon B. Curry, Chris J. Humphries.

Other author Curry, Gordon B.
Other author Humphries, C. J. (Christopher John), 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoca Raton : CRC Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxii, 193 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 27 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

SeriesThe Systematics Association special volume series ; 73
Systematics Association special volume no. 73. ^A140839
Contents The global biodiversity information facility (GBIF) / Meredith A. Lane and James. L. Edwards -- The European network for biodiversity information / Wouter Los and Cees H.J. Hof -- Networking taxonomic concepts--uniting without 'unitary-ism' / Walter G. Berendsohn and Mark Geoffrey -- Networking biological collections databases : building a European infrastructure / Malcolm J. Scoble and Walter G. Berendsohn -- A comparison between morphometric and artifical neural network approaches to the automated species recognition problem in systematics / Norman MacLeod, M. O'Neill, and Steven A. Walsh -- Automated extraction of biodiversity data from taxonomic descriptions / Gordon B. Curry and Richard J. Connor -- The grid and biodiversity informatics / Andrew C. Jones -- LIAS--an interactive database system from structured descriptive data of ascomycetes / Dagmar Triebel ... [et al.] -- Linking biodiversity databases : preparing species diversity information sources by assembling, merging and linking databases / Richard J. White -- Priority areas for rattan conservation on Borneo / Jacob Andersen Sterling ... [et al].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006102268
ISBN9780415332903 (alk. paper)
ISBN0415332907 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QH541.15.B56 B5735 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold