Development in the Sea of Cortés calls for mitigation

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 825-829

  Álvarez Castañeda, Sergio Ticul ^a   Cortés Calva, Patricia ^a   Méndez, Lia ^a   Ortega Rubio, Alfredo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemic; Islands; Mexico; Sea of Cort s; Species extinction

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749619806     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[825:DITSOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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