A conservation appraisal of the rare and endemic vascular plants of Pitcairn Island

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 781-800

  Kingston, Naomi ^a,b   Waldren, Steve ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Islands; IUCN categories; Pitcairn; South eastern Polynesia; Threat score

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; VASCULAR PLANT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITCAIRN; POLYNESIA; WORLD;

AVES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 17844381331     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0658-3     Document Type: Article

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