The decline and conservation management of the threatened endemic palms of the Mascarene Islands

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Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-65

  Maunder, Mike ^a,b,f   Page, Wayne ^c   Mauremootoo, John ^c,g   Payendee, Richard ^c   Mungroo, Yousoof ^e,g   Maljkovic, Aleks ^c   Vericel, Christian ^d   Lyte, Ben ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c Mauritius Wildlife Foundation   (Mauritius)

^d Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarin ^*  (Reunion)

^e National Parks and Conservation Service   (Mauritius)

^f National Tropical Botanical Gardens   (United States)

^g MWF ^*

Author keywords

Acanthophoenix; Dictyosperma; Ex situ; Hyophorbe; In situ; Latania; Mascarene Islands; Palms; Tectiphiala

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; RED LIST;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS;

ACANTHOPHOENIX; ANIMALIA; DICTYOSPERMA; DICTYOSPERMA ALBUM; HYOPHORBE; LATANIA; TECTIPHIALA;

EID: 31344475513     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000091     Document Type: Review

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