Ecology, distribution, and classification of xeric monocotyledonous mats on inselbergs in West Africa and Atlantic central Africa

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-564

  Parmentier, Ingrid ^a   Oumorou, Madjidou ^b   Porembski, Stefan ^c   Lejoly, Jean ^a   Decocq, Guillaume ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Afrotrilepidetea pilosae; Benin; Camerron; Endemism; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Inselberg vegetation; Insularity; Ivory Coast; Phytogeography; Syntaxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMISM; FLORA; FLORISTICS; INSELBERG; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SYNTAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AFROTRILEPIS PILOSA; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 33845620930     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2006/0036-0547     Document Type: Article

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