Why should we be concerned about loss of biodiversity

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 334, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 346-350

  May, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; TAXONOMY;

ASTRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ETHICS; FOSSIL; GRAVITY; INVERTEBRATE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

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EID: 79958048565     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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