Heeding the warning in biodiversity's basic law

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5412, 1999, Pages 276-277

  Rosenzweig, Michael L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 0000237496     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5412.276     Document Type: Review

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