The encyclopedia of life vs. the brochure of life: Exploring the relationships between the extinction of species and the inventory of life on Earth

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1965, 2008, Pages 61-68

  González Oreja, José Antonio ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 58049178844     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1965.1.3     Document Type: Article

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