BLOSSOMING TREASURES OF BIODIVERSITY 44. Saguaro - threatened monarch of the desert

Biodiversity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-53

  Small, Ernest ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84897026034     PISSN: 14888386     EISSN: 21600651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2014.896224     Document Type: Article

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