Preserving the tree of life

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5626, 2003, Pages 1707-1709

  Mace, Georgina M ^a   Gittleman, John L ^b   Purvis, Andy ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

PHYLOGENIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038518202     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085510     Document Type: Review

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