Conserving nature at regional and continental scales - A scientific program for North America

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 809-817

  Soulé, Michael E ^a   Terborgh, John ^b  

^a Wildlands Project   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032834618     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313572     Document Type: Review

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