Estimating the size of the world's threatened flora

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5595, 2002, Pages 989-

  Pitman, Nigel C A ^a   Jørgensen, Peter M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; RARE SPECIES;

ASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET; CALCULATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FLORA; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS;

BUDGETS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036830660     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5595.989     Document Type: Short Survey

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