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BiodiversityTropicsLimnologyEcologyGeographyDeforestation (computer science)HabitatConservation biologyTropical AsiaOverexploitationTropical climateHabitat destructionBiodiversity hotspotClimate changeBiology
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- 2003
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 500
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 295-314
- Citations
- 103
- Access
- Closed
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David Dudgeon
(2003).
The contribution of scientific information to the conservation and management of freshwater biodiversity in tropical Asia.
Hydrobiologia
, 500
(1-3)
, 295-314.
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024666627070
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- DOI
- 10.1023/a:1024666627070