Insects on the brink of a major discontinuity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1047-1058

  Samways, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

conservation; discontinuity; insects; landscapes; populations

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISCONTINUITY; EXTINCTION; INSECT; SYNERGISM;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0029660633     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052715     Document Type: Article

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