Riders of a modern-day ark

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0018-0021

  Gewin, Virginia ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROG; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NEWT; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TOAD; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES;

EID: 38949166059     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060024     Document Type: Short Survey

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