Defining biodiversity

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 738-749

  DeLong Jr , Don C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office   (United States)

^b Stillwater Natl Wildl Refuge ^*

^c Little Pend Oreille NWR   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological diversity; Definition; Diversity; Etymology; Semantics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION;

USA, NEVADA, STILLWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

EID: 0030301018     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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