Global patterns of plant diversity and floristic knowledge

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1107-1116

  Kier, Gerold ^a   Mutke, Jens ^a   Dinerstein, Eric ^b   Ricketts, Taylor H ^b   Küper, Wolfgang ^a   Kreft, Holger ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WWF US ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Data quality; Ecoregions; Human footprint; Representation; Species richness; Vascular plants; Z values

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOREGION; FLORISTICS; MACROECOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21244482165     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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