Accept no substitute: Biodiversity matters

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 435-440

  Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84904902303     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2485     Document Type: Article

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