PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 17, Issue no.2/ 2023

Authors :

Diana CUPȘA 1*, Dora MURGESCU 1, Sara FERENȚI 1, Ilie Cătălin TELCEAN 1, Severus Daniel COVACIU-MARCOV 1

1 University of Oradea, Faculty of Informatics and Sciences, Department of Biology

E-mail : * Corresponding author: cupsa2007@yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2023172002

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