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| Burley, J.S.; Stevens, P.F.; Wood, E.A.. |
| We aimed to cover two issues in this workshop; the third arose during the course of the discussion: 1. The need for an increased rate of collecting in the Southeast Asian tropical area (‘Malesia’ for short) if taxonomic decisions in the ‘Flora Malesiana’ and other taxonomic projects are to be soundly based and, more generally, if there are to be materials adequate for the future needs of taxonomy. 2. The likelihood that any attempt to increase collecting, or even simply to continue collecting at the present rate, without paying adequate attention to the distribution, mounting, and preservation of the specimens will be an ineffective use of scarce resources. 3. We have to consider how we justify the need for more collecting and the importance of the general... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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| Ano: 1989 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/533462 |
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