From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology

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From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology. / Aßmann, Thorsten; Buse, Jörn; Drees, Claudia et al.
Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. ed. / Lyubomir D. Penev; Terry L. Erwin; Thorsten Aßmann . Pensoft Publishers Ltd., 2008. p. 41-76 (Pensoft Series Faunistica ; No. 75).

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Aßmann, T, Buse, J, Drees, C, Habel, JC, Härdtle, W, Oheimb, G, Schuldt, A, Wrase, DW & Matern, A 2008, From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology. in LD Penev, TL Erwin & T Aßmann (eds), Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Pensoft Series Faunistica , no. 75, Pensoft Publishers Ltd., pp. 41-76, 13th European Carabidologists' Meeting - 2007, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 20.08.07.

APA

Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Habel, J. C., Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Schuldt, A., Wrase, D. W., & Matern, A. (2008). From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology. In L. D. Penev, T. L. Erwin, & T. Aßmann (Eds.), Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology (pp. 41-76). (Pensoft Series Faunistica ; No. 75). Pensoft Publishers Ltd..

Vancouver

Aßmann T, Buse J, Drees C, Habel JC, Härdtle W, Oheimb G et al. From Latreille to DNA systematics: Towards a modern synthesis for carabidology. In Penev LD, Erwin TL, Aßmann T, editors, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 2008. p. 41-76. (Pensoft Series Faunistica ; 75).

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