Threatened amphibians in the former Soviet Union: The current situation and the main threats

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-30

  Kuzmin, Sergius L ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED AMPHIBIAN;

ASIA, (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0029668282     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0030605300021359     Document Type: Article

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