Trends in the measurement of alpha diversity in the last two decades

Interciencia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-182

  Moreno, Claudia ^a,b,c   Zuria, Iriana ^d   García Zenteno, Marcela ^b,d   Sánchez Rojas, Gerardo ^a,d   Castellanos, Ignacio ^d   Martínez Morales, Miguel ^d   Rojas Martínez, Alberto ^e  

^a AC Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c CIB UAEH ^*  (Mexico)

^d CIB UAEH   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33244457254     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: 03781844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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