Are small, isolated wetlands expendable?

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1129-1133

  Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a   Bodie, J Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; NATURE CONSERVATION; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0031718755     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.98166.x     Document Type: Article

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