Africa's hotspots of biodiversity redefined

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-535

  Küper, Wolfgang ^a   Sommer, Jan Henning ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^b   Mutke, Jens ^a   Linder, Hans Peter ^c   Beentje, Henk Jaap ^d   Van Rompaey, Renaat Sylva Angèle Rosine ^e   Chatelain, Cyrille ^f   Sosef, Marc ^g   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f Conserv Jardin Botaniques Ville G ^*  (Switzerland)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Conservation; Endemism; Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC); Hotspots; Important plant areas

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 19944427467     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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