As we celebrate the visionary genius of Carl Linnaeus, it is time to analyse how professional taxonomy interfaces with the rest of biology and beyond. Where next for Linnaeus's heirs, asks H. C. J. Godfray?
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Godfray, H. Linnaeus in the information age. Nature 446, 259–260 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446259a
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