Biodiversity inventories in costa rica and their application to conservation

Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 229-236

  Hanson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

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