Is there really more biodiversity in Mediterranean forest ecosystems?

Taxon

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 905-910

  Fady Welterlen, Bruno ^a  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

Conifer; Genetic differentiation; Heterozygosity; Mediterranean Basin; Mediterranean forest; Population; Species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; POPULATION GENETICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ABIES; CEDRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 32344440690     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065477     Document Type: Article

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