Getting the measure of biodiversity

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6783, 2000, Pages 212-219

  Purvis, Andy ^a   Hector, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MONITORING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0034636486     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012221     Document Type: Review

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