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Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth
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- Olson, David M.1
- Dinerstein, Eric1
- Wikramanayake, Eric D.1
- Burgess, Neil D.1
- Powell, George V. N.1
- Underwood, Emma C.2
- D'Amico, Jennifer A.1
- Itoua, Illanga3
- Strand, Holly E.1
- Morrison, John C.1
- Loucks, Colby J.1
- Allnutt, Thomas F.1
- Ricketts, Taylor H.4
- Kura, Yumiko5
- Lamoreux, John F.1
- Wettengel, Wesley W.1
- Hedao, Prashant6
- Kassem, Kenneth R.1
- 1. Conservation Science Program at World Wildlife Fund–US,Washington,DC 20037
- 2. Graduate Group in Ecology,Information Center for the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
- 3. 78230 Le Pecq, France
- 4. Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305
- 5. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC 20002
- 6. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA 92373
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Olson, David M., Dinerstein, Eric, Wikramanayake, Eric D., Burgess, Neil D., Powell, George V. N., Underwood, Emma C., D'Amico, Jennifer A., Itoua, Illanga, Strand, Holly E., Morrison, John C., Loucks, Colby J., Allnutt, Thomas F., Ricketts, Taylor H., Kura, Yumiko, Lamoreux, John F., Wettengel, Wesley W., Hedao, Prashant, Kassem, Kenneth R. (2001): Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth. BioScience 51 (11): 933-938, DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2
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