Ecology and distribution of Melastomataceae in African rain forest inselbergs

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 364-372

  Parmentier, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Distribution; Ecology; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Insularity; Melastomataceae; Rain forest inselbergs; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSELBERG; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 27244433488     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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