Dark diversity: Shedding light on absent species

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Szava Kovats, Robert ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HABITAT LOSS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS;

EID: 79951556505     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.12.004     Document Type: Review

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