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Alain Dubois
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
Summary
Professor of zoology at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Specialist of the systematics of amphibians, of zoological taxonomy and nomenclature, and of biological terminology. Former Director of the herpetology laboratory of the MNHN. Former Chief Editor of “Amphibia-Reptilia” and “Alytes”. Chief Editor of “Bionomina”, Nomenclature Editor of “Zootaxa”. Large teaching experience in taxonomy and nomenclature, currently within the frame of the Distributed European School of Taxonomy.
Editorial Board Member
PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
Work details
Professor
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiverité (ISYEB)
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PeerJ Contributions
January 11, 2016
Annemarie Ohler, Alain Dubois
Academic Editor on
August 6, 2015
Shaun Turney, Elyssa R. Cameron, Christopher A. Cloutier, Christopher M. Buddle
June 4, 2015
Luiz F. Ribeiro, Marcos R. Bornschein, Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Carina R. Firkowski, Sergio A.A. Morato, Marcio R. Pie
Provided feedback on
18 Nov 2015
Dear Colleagues, You wrote "The type genus of this clade, Pholidosaurus, ...", but I question the validity of this formulation. The concept of "type genus" is a nomenclarural c...