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Eastern Pacific storm petrels (1 Viewer)
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Peter Kovalik
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TiF Update June 6, 2016
Northern Storm-Petrels: Although there is no change to the linear order, I've adjusted the Hydrobatidae species tree to take Sausner et al. (2016) into account.
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laurent raty
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laurent raty
It is quite odd to oppose "primary literature" (definition based on the nature and source of the content) to "gray literature" (definition based on publishing and distribution channels). Grey literature can be primary, if it reports directly the results of research but is not published through the usual commercial channels. Howell 2012 is published by Princeton University Press, a well established commercial and academic publisher, hence can hardly be called "grey". None of the three works cited above is primary literature.
Maybe gray refer to the overall blue-gray color of the cover of Howell's book? o
A little more seriously, using a somewhat derogatory term in a text such as this should have been avoided. I also agree with Laurent that none of these are primary. Usually, if you want to contrast "primary" with something else, "secondary" is the expected second option.
Niels
A little more seriously, using a somewhat derogatory term in a text such as this should have been avoided. I also agree with Laurent that none of these are primary. Usually, if you want to contrast "primary" with something else, "secondary" is the expected second option.
Niels
