Rarity types among plant species with high conservation priority in Switzerland

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-108

  Broennimann, Olivier ^a   Vittoz, Pascal ^a   Moser, Daniel ^b   Guisan, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre du Réseau Suisse de Floristique CRSF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation practice; Extinction risk; Geographic distribution; Rabinowitz' rarity types; Rarity assessment; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RARITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 30144436271     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-005-0713-z     Document Type: Article

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