The biodiversity of Madagascar: one of the world's hottest hotspots on its way out

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Oryx

• Publication date

  2001-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2001.00201.x
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