Restoring the garden of eden: An ecological assessment of the marshes of Iraq

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 477-489

  Richardson, Curtis J ^a   Hussain, Najah A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Iraq; Mesopotamia; Restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 33744787040     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[477:RTGOEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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