The Role of Natural History Institutions and Bioinformatics in Conservation Biology

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1250-1252

  Drew, Joshua ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTORY; INFORMATION CENTER; NOTE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MUSEUMS; NATURAL HISTORY;

EID: 80955134426     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01725.x     Document Type: Note

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