Angiosperm biodiversity, endemism and conservation in the Neotropics

Taxon

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1245-1254

  Morawetz, Wilfred ^a   Raedig, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 grid; Angiosperms; Biodiversity; Conservation biogeography; Endemism; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 37749022716     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065916     Document Type: Article

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