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Automated species identification: why not?

Kevin J Gaston1, Mark A O'Neill

  • 1Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. k.j.gaston@sheffield.ac.uk

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
|July 16, 2004
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Automated species identification offers a promising solution to the repetitive task of identifying known species, a common bottleneck in biological studies. While technical challenges exist, the potential benefits for reducing identification burdens are significant and achievable with focused effort.

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