Indonesia's threatened birds: Over 500 million years of evolutionary heritage at risk

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Mooers, Arne Ø ^a   Atkins, R A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; PHYLOGENETICS; RED LIST; TAXONOMY;

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EID: 1642338901     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003226     Document Type: Article

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