Biodiversity databases : techniques, politics, and applications /

Explores the changes and challenges of the information age. This book discusses projects developed to provide access to biodiversity information. It explores issues involved in connecting databases with different user interfaces, the technical demands of linking databases that are not entirely unifo...

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Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Curry, Gordon B., Humphries, C. J. (Christopher John), 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2007.
Series:Systematics Association special volume ; no. 73.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Explores the changes and challenges of the information age. This book discusses projects developed to provide access to biodiversity information. It explores issues involved in connecting databases with different user interfaces, the technical demands of linking databases that are not entirely uniform in structure and the problems of user access.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 193 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203022542
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