Anthropogenic disturbance of Caribbean mangrove ecosystems: Past impacts, present trends, and future predictions

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 549-565

  Ellison, Aaron M ^a   Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; VIBRIO;

EID: 0001634796     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389096     Document Type: Article

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