Lessons from a kill

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1059-1067

  Pimm, Stuart L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

extinction; Hawai'i; synergisms

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; HUMAN IMPACT; SYNERGISM;

USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0029660636     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052716     Document Type: Article

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