In situ conservation of wild chiles and their biotic associates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-107

  Tewksbury, Joshua Jordan ^a   Nabhan, Gary Paul ^b   Norman, Donald ^b   Suzán, Humberto ^b   Tuxill, John ^b   Donovan, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032968376     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97399.x     Document Type: Article

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