Basel Zoo and its native biodiversity between the enclosures: A new strategy of cooperation with academic institutions

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Baur, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

All taxa biodiversity inventory; Botanists; Conservation; Ecosystems; Habitat conservation; Native species; Volunteer; Zoologists

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 79953109132     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2010.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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