Ecological characteristics and rarity of endemic plants from Southeast France and Corsica: Implications for biodiversity conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-281

  Médail, Frédéric ^a   Verlaque, Régine ^a  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

conservation; Corsica and southeast France; endemism; life strategies; rarity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC PLANT;

FRANCE, CORSICA;

EID: 0030619962     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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