Applying ecology in the third world: The case of Mexico

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-76

  Castillo, Alicia ^a   Toledo, Victor M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 0033987597     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0066:AEITTW]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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