The global 200: A representation approach to conserving the earth's most biologically valuable ecoregions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 502-515

  Olson, David M ^a   Dinerstein, Eric ^a  

^a World Wildlife Fund United States of America   (United States)

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EID: 0031831935     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.012003502.x     Document Type: Review

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