Vascular plant species inventory of a Philippine lowland rain forest and its conservation value

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1271-1301

  Langenberger, Gerhard ^a   Martin, Konrad ^a   Sauerborn, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation value; Dipterocarp forests; Gene bank; Molave forest; Native species; Species richness; Tropical rain forest; Vascular plant species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INVENTORY; TREE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEYTE [(ISL) VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VISAYAS;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; RUBIACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745444071     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-2576-4     Document Type: Article

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