Assessing Biodiversity from Space: an Example from the Western Ghats, India
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Western Ghats of India: Rich source of microbial biodiversity
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عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Ecology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1195-5449
DOI: 10.5751/es-00434-060207