Biodiversity surveys and conservation potential of inner Seychelles Island

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 495, 2002, Pages 1-219

  Hill, Michael J ^a   Vel, Terence M ^a   Holm, Kathryn J ^b   Shah, Nirmal J ^a  

^a NATURE SEYCHELLES   (Seychelles)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMISM; SPECIES INVENTORY;

SEYCHELLES;

EID: 0036666818     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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