New vistas in Neotropical stream ecology - Preface

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-65

  Wantzen, Karl M ^a,d   Ramírez, Alonso ^b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 33645672635     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[61:NVINSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Editorial

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