Species diversity, endemism and conservation of the family Caryophyllaceae in Greece

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-376

  Trigas, Panayiotis ^a   Iatrou, Gregoris ^b   Karetsos, Giorgos ^c  

^a Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Caryophyllaceae; Conservation; Diversity; Endemism; Greece

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ANATOLIA; ASIA; BALKAN; CRETE; DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KARPATHOS; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 33846880696     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-3013-4     Document Type: Article

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