Mycological survey of Río Camuy Caves Park, Puerto Rico

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-28

  Nieves Rivera, Ángel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; HOST; NEW RECORD; SINKHOLE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0037985659     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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