Taxonomy and environmental policy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 721-728

  Samper, Cristián ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convention on Biological Diversity; Environmental policy; Environmental politics; Global Taxonomy Initiative

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1942519851     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1476     Document Type: Review

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