Plant diversity in mediterranean-climate regions

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 362-366

  Cowling, Richard M ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^b   Lamont, Byron B ^c   Arroyo, Mary Kalin ^d   Arianoutsou, Margarita ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC PLANT; EXTINCTION; FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; PLANT DIVERSITY; QUATERNARY; SPECIATION;

EID: 0030472557     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10044-6     Document Type: Review

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