Future trends of mediterranean biodiversity

The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 479-498

  Templado, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Biodiversity; Episodic events; Global change; Mediterranean Sea; Natural changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928865469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_28     Document Type: Chapter

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