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Taxonomics—next-generation taxonomists

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“Taxonomics” is proposed as a short name for the discipline of discovering, recognising, describing and classifying biological entities.

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  1. Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100, København Ø, Denmark

    Ana Sofia P. S. Reboleira & Henrik Enghoff

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Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Enghoff, H. Taxonomics—next-generation taxonomists. Org Divers Evol 16, 679–680 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-016-0287-1

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