Marking the end of the International Year of Biodiversity

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Fay, Michael F ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649397297     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01100.x     Document Type: Editorial

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