Plant diversity in Europe: Atlas Florae Europaeae and WORLDMAP

Acta Botanica Fennica

Volumn , Issue 162, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Humphries, Chris ^a   Araújo, Miguel ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Lampinen, Raino ^b   Lahti, Tapani ^b   Uotila, Pertti ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Area selection; Biodiversity measurement; Conservation; Distribution mapping; Europe; WORLDMAP

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0002385977     PISSN: 00015369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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