Biodiversity hotspots

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Reid, Walter V ^a  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOTSPOT; HOTSPOTS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SPECIES;

EID: 0032125466     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01363-9     Document Type: Review

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