Study on biogeographical divisions of China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1391-1417

  Xie, Yan ^a   Mackinnon, John ^b   Dianmo, L I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UPLB College   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biogeographical division; China Species Information System; Cluster analysis; Species distributions

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 2142772808     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000019396.31168.ba     Document Type: Article

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