Status of the flora and plant conservation in the sultanate of Oman

Biological Conservation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-295

  Ghazanfar, Shahina A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemism; Oman; Plant diversity; Threatened habitats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032171487     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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