Tectonic activities shape the spatial patchiness in the distribution of global biological diversity

Current Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-81

  Kathuria, Sagar ^a   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

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