Oil palm research in context: Identifying the need for biodiversity assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Turner, Edgar C ^a   Snaddon, Jake L ^a   Fayle, Tom M ^a   Foster, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

ELAEIS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLANT OILS;

EID: 45349109291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001572     Document Type: Article

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