The Azorean Biodiversity Portal: An internet database for regional biodiversity outreach
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PAULO A.V. BORGES1†, ROSALINA GABRIEL1†, ANA M. ARROZ1†, ANA COSTA2, REGINA T. CUNHA2, LUÍS SILVA2, ENÉSIMA MENDONÇA1, ANTÓNIO M. F. MARTINS2, FRANCISCO REIS3 & PEDRO CARDOSO1,4 1Azorean Biodiversity Group – CITAA, Departmento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, 9701-851 Angra do Heroı́smo, Terceira, Açores, Portugal 2CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) – Pólo Açores, Departmento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal 3Centro de Estudos do Clima, Meteorologia e Mudanças Globais (C CMMG), Dep. Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, 9701-851 Angra do Heroı́smo, Portugal 4Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution NW, MRC 105, Room E-509, Washington, DC 20560-0105, USA
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