Modeling human factors that affect the loss of biodiversity;Moldelado de factores humanos que afectan la perdida de biodiversidad

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1253-1263

  Forester, Deborah J ^a   Machlis, Gary E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

EID: 0030448922     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041253.x     Document Type: Article

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