Using a problem-based learning approach to teach students about biodiversity, species distributions & the impact of habitat loss

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 733-738

  Heard, Matthew J ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; diversity; ecology; extinction; species accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997017405     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.9.733     Document Type: Article

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