Teaching biodiversity to students in inner city & under-resourced schools

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 471-476

  McCoy, Michael W ^a   McCoy, Krista A ^a   Levey, Douglas J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 35649015286     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2007)69[473:tbtsii]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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