The Biodiversity Crisis: Lessons from Phylogenetic Sagas

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 558-562

  Brooks, Daniel R ^a   McLennan, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Evolution; Historical explanations; Phylogenetic narrative; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026908508     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-010-0269-2     Document Type: Article

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