Testing the use of specimen collection data and GIS in biodiversity exploration and conservation decision making in Guyana

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Biodiversity and Conservation

• Publication date

  1999-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1008877222842
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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