Organismal complexity is an indicator of species existence value

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 298-299

  Proença, Vânia M ^a   Pereira, Henrique Miguel ^a   Vicente, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 49049085469     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2008)6[298:OCIAIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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