Monitoring Biodiversity: Quantification and Interpretation

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue PNW-GTR-443, 1999, Pages

  Gaines, William L ^a   Harrod, Richy J ^a   Lehmkuhl, John F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem diversity; Genetic diversity; Landscape diversity; Monitoring; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442714316     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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