The biodiversity bandwagon: The splitters have it

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 897-899

  Chaitra, M S ^a   Vasudevan, Karthikeyan ^a   Shanker, Kartik ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

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EID: 4444295924     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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