Who's where in North America?

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 369-381

  Ricketts, Taylor H ^a   Dinerstein, Eric ^b   Olson, David M ^b   Loucks, Colby ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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EID: 0032955709     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313630     Document Type: Article

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