First comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of the flora of the Çukurova Deltas, southern Turkey

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Çakan, Halil ^a   Yilmaz, K Tuluhan ^a   Düzenli, Atabay ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ukurova Deltas; IUCN categories; RAMSAR site; Sand dunes; Southern Turkey; Threatened flora; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DUNE; FLORA; HABITAT; MARSH; NATURE CONSERVATION; RIVER BANK; WETLAND;

CUKUROVA DELTA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33646006358     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000049     Document Type: Article

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