Spatial patterns of dicot diversity in Argentina

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1669-1677

  Juárez, Alejandra ^a   Ortega Baes, Pablo ^a,b   Sühring, Silvia ^a   Martin, Walter ^a   Galíndez, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Argentina; Dicots; Plant diversity; Spatial gradients; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 34249657987     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9037-6     Document Type: Article

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