Ecological and historical factors affecting distribution pattern and richness of endemic plant species: The case of the Maritime and Ligurian Alps hotspot

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-58

  Casazza, Gabriele ^a   Zappa, Elena ^a   Mariotti, Mauro G ^a   Médail, Frédéric ^b   Minuto, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Geological substrate; Glacial refugia; Historical factors; Ligurian Alps; Maritime Alps; Parsimony analysis of endemism; Species richness; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; MARITIME ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 37149040102     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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