Virtual biodiversity assessment systems

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 441-450

  Oliver, Ian ^a   Pik, Anthony ^a   Britton, David ^a   Dangerfield, J Mark ^a   Colwell, Robert K ^b   Beattie, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0033855115     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0441:VBAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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