Geographical range size and the conservation of Mexican mammals;Tamano del area de distribucion geografica y la conservacion de los mamiferos de Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-100

  Arita, Héctor T ^a   Figueroa, Fernanda ^a   Frisch, Astrid ^a   Rodríguez, Pilar ^a   Santos Del Prado, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; RANGE SIZE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030759192     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95274.x     Document Type: Article

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