Causes, consequences and ethics of biodiversity

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6783, 2000, Pages 208-211

  Tilman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOETHICS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0034636555     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012217     Document Type: Review

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