Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7129, 2007, Pages 757-760

  Forest, Félix ^a,b,c   Grenyer, Richard ^c   Rouget, Mathieu ^a   Davies, T Jonathan ^d,e   Cowling, Richard M ^f   Faith, Daniel P ^g   Balmford, Andrew ^h   Manning, John C ^a   Procheş, Şerban ⁱ   Van Der Bank, Michelle ^j   Reeves, Gail ^a   Hedderson, Terry A J ^b   Savolainen, Vincent ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORISTICS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVOLUTION; FLORA; MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847171828     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05587     Document Type: Article

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