Extinction and persistence of rare orchids in Veracruz, Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 451-455

  Sosa, Victoria ^a   Platas, Teodoro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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EID: 0031898257     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96306.x     Document Type: Article

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