The biodiversity of Madagascar: One of the world's hottest hotspots on its way out

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Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 346-348

  Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a   Lowry II, Porter P ^b,c   Schatz, George E ^b   Sommer, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dry deciduous forest; Littoral forest; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DRY FOREST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOT SPOT;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0035155245     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2001.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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