What do we really know about the Afromontane Archipelago?

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 949-957

  Grimshaw, John M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afromontane archipelago; Altimontane; Altitudination; Kilimanjaro; Sustainable conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035784157     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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