Global state of biodiversity and loss

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 28, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-167

  Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a   Raven, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Endemism; Extinction; Species diversity; Species threatening

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; TROPICS;

BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS; ENDEMISM; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES THREATENING;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 1642460701     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.28.050302.105532     Document Type: Article

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