Conservation and the Microbiome

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-197

  Redford, Kent H ^a,b   Segre, Julia A ^c   Salafsky, Nick ^d   Del Rio, Carlos Martinez ^e   Mcaloose, Denise ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Archipelago Consulting   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Foundations of Success   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FUNGI; HUMANS;

EID: 84858805905     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01829.x     Document Type: Editorial

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