Floristic biodiversity and history of African arid regions

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-514

  Jürgens, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; arid regions; disjunctions; history; phytogeography

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030618342     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018325026863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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