Conservation of protists: Is it needed at all?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 427-443

  Cotterill, F P D ^a   Al Rasheid, Khaled ^b   Foissner, Wilhelm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Genetic resources; Habitat loss; Idiographic and nomothetic science; Protist protection and conservation; Taxonomic inventories; Type locality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; GENETIC RESOURCE; HABITAT LOSS; PARASITE; PROTIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; PROTISTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38849205747     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9261-8     Document Type: Review

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