Tropical biodiversity loss and people - A brief review

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Sodhi, Navjot S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biotas; Conservation; Deforestation; Extinctions; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149135537     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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