Biodiversity and environmental gradients across the tropical Pacific islands: A new strategy for research and conservation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Mueller Dombois, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; SPECIES; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033003919     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050611     Document Type: Review

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