An international view of national biological surveys

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 562-573

  Soberón, Jorge ^a,b   Llorente, Jorge ^a,b   Benítez, Hesiquio ^a,b  

^a Comn Nac Para el Conocimiento y U ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 0000056647     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2399997     Document Type: Review

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