Biodiversity and environmental stability

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-323

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biodiversity; conservation; endemism; proceedings; stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY;

EID: 0030618327     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018304522320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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