Global hotspots in the arabian peninsula

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 54, Issue , 2011, Pages 13-20

  Mallon, David P ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Conservation strategy; Hotspot; Vertebrate endemism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; HABITAT TYPE; VERTEBRATE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

ORYX LEUCORYX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952609647     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2011.10648896     Document Type: Article

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