New Caledonia - A conservation imperative for an ancient land

ORYX

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-112

  Mittermeier, R A ^a,b   Werner, T B ^a   Lees, A ^c  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Conservation International ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT; BOTANICAL INTEREST; CONSERVATION; REEF;

NEW CALEDONIA;

EID: 0029661649     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0030605300021487     Document Type: Article

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