The importance of systematic biology in defining units of conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 653-660

  Dimmick, Walter Wheaton ^a   Ghedotti, Michael J ^a   Grose, Michael J ^a   Maglia, Anne M ^a   Meinhardt, Daniel J ^a   Pennock, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

EID: 0033024995     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98193.x     Document Type: Article

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