Biodiversity conservation at multiple scales: Functional sites, landscapes, and networks

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-146

  Poiani, Karen A ^a   Richter, Brian D ^b   Anderson, Mark G ^b   Richter, Holly E ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

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EID: 0033959983     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0133:BCAMSF]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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