The search for unknown biodiversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 12971-12972

  Laurance, William F ^a   Edwards, David P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS;

EID: 80052009550     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110319108     Document Type: Note

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