Contribution to the biodiversity conservation in Morocco (North Africa): Important areas for epiphytic bryophytes

Cryptogamie, Bryologie

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-236

  Draper, Isabel ^a   Albertos, Belén ^b   Garilleti, Ricardo ^b   Lara, Francisco ^a   Mazimpaka, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlas mountains; Conservation; Epiphytic communities; Floristic singularity; Hot spots; Rarity; Representative flora; Richness; Rif mountains

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIPHYTE; FLORISTICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; FES-BOULEMANE; HIGH ATLAS; MIDDLE ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; RIF; TADLA-AZILAL;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34547213708     PISSN: 12900796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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