Plant species diversity and endemism on islands and archipelagos, with special reference to the Macaronesian Islands

Flora

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-24

  Hobohm, Carsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endemism; Macaronesia; Plant species diversity; Species density; index

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; ISLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MACARONESIA;

MACARONESIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0034048268     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30943-X     Document Type: Article

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