Rare and infrequent southern African grasses: Assessing their conservation status and understanding their biology

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4051-4079

  Barker, Nigel P ^a   Fish, Lyn ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grasses; Hygrophytes; Poaceae; Rabinowitz categories; Rarity; Red Data List; Southern Africa; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; GRASS; HERBARIUM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; RED LIST; TAXONOMY; WETLAND;

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

POACEAE;

EID: 36148984273     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9207-1     Document Type: Article

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