Biodiversity and vegetation of small-sized inselbergs in a West African rain forest (Taï, Ivory Coast)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-55

  Porembski, Stefan ^a   Szarzynski, Jörg ^a   Mund, Jan Peter ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Inselbergs; Ivory Coast; Ta rain forest; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RAINFOREST;

COTE D'IVOIRE, TAI NATIONAL PARK;

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0030456603     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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