A method for the estimation of the global population sizes of plant species - The Area-abundance-index

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-46

  Hoffmann, Matthias H ^a   Welk, Erik ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Area abundance index; Biogeography; Central European flora; Conservation prioritization; Global population size; Plant conservation; Range size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033394412     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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