Teaching species identification - A prerequisite for learning biodiversity and understanding ecology

Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-231

  Randler, Christoph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Institut für Biologie I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Books; Ecology teaching; Identification materials; Methods; Species identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749118112     PISSN: 13058215     EISSN: 13058223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12973/ejmste/75344     Document Type: Article

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