Diversity patterns in the flora of the Campo-Ma'an rain forest, Cameroon: Do tree species tell it all?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1353-1374

  Tchouto, M G P ^a   De Boer, W F ^b   De Wilde, J J F E ^b   Van Der Maesen, L J G ^b  

^a Limbe Botanic Garden ^*  (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cameroon; Campo Ma'an; Central Africa; Conservation; Endemic species; Forest refuge; Plant diversity; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORA; HERB; RAINFOREST; SHORELINE; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; VASCULAR PLANT;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CAMPO-MA'AN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUD PROVINCE; WEST AFRICA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CALPOCALYX HEITZII; SACOGLOTTIS GABONENSIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33745500673     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5394-9     Document Type: Article

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