Biodiversity conservation: Does phylogeny matter?

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1998, Pages

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a   Gittleman, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0032554851     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70242-8     Document Type: Article

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