Teaching students about biodiversity by studying the correlation between plants & arthropods

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Richardson, Matthew L ^a,b   Hari, Janice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Urbana Middle School   (United States)

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ARTHROPODA;

EID: 43649103973     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2008)70[217:TSABBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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