Conifer conservation in Vietnam: Three potential flagship species

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-265

  Farjon, Aljos ^a,d   Thomas, Philip ^b   Luu, Nguyen Duc To ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Viet Nam)

^d IUCN Species Survival Commission Conifer Specialist Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifers; Endemism; Extinction; Flagship species; Pinus krempfii; Taiwania cryptomerioides; Vietnam; Xanthocyparis vietnamensis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; PINUS KREMPFII; TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIOIDES; XANTHOCYPARIS VIETNAMENSIS;

EID: 31344442815     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000481     Document Type: Article

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