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AvianLexiconAtlas: A database of descriptive categories of English-language bird names around the world

2024-09-16

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Common names of species are important for communicating with the general public. In principle, these names should provide an accessible way to engage with and identify species. The common names of species have historically been labile without standard guidelines, even within a language. Currently, there is no systematic assessment of how often common names communicate identifiable and biologically relevant charact...

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Literature Corpus work: e1bab3c7-031b-5b53-aa53-383fad9ea10a
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.13.612884

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