Theory and methods for diagnosing species and populations in conservation

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-27

  Goldstein, Paul ^a,e   Wyner, Yael ^b,d   Doukakis, Phaedra ^b,d,f   Egan, Mary G ^d   Amato, George ^c   Rosenbaum, Howard ^c,d   DeSalle, Rob ^d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f Pew Institute for Ocean Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Population genetics; Species criteria; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARENA;

EID: 20144362230     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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