Community-based biodiversity monitoring in Mexico: Current status, challenges, and future strategies for collaboration with scientists

Community Action for Conservation: Mexican Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 135-157

  Pritchard, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921928829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7956-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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