Is marine biodiversity at less risk? Evidence and implications

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-8

  Mckinney, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; Marine; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003090478     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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