Comment new clean-water ponds - A way to protect freshwater biodiversity

British Wildlife

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Williams, Penny ^a,b   Biggs, Jeremy ^a,b   Nicolet, Pascale ^a,c  

^a Freshwater Conservation Charity Pond Conservation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Policy and Research   (United Kingdom)

^c Million Ponds Project   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650936049     PISSN: 09580956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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