Extraordinary high regional-scale plant diversity in southern African arid lands: Subcontinental and global comparisons

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-36

  Cowling, R M ^a   Rundel, P W ^b   Desmet, P G ^a   Esler, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Diversification; Global comparisons; Plant diversity; Regional scale; Southern Africa; Succulent Karoo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002921353     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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