Geographic patterns of vascular plant diversity at continental to global scales

Erdkunde

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-315

  Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a   Hostert, Alexandra ^b   Kier, Gerold ^a   Küper, Wolfgang ^a   Kreft, Holger ^a   Mutke, Jens ^a   Rafiqpoor, M Daud ^a   Sommer, Jan Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation concepts; Geodiversity; Hotspots; Macroecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROECOLOGY; VASCULAR PLANT;

GYMNOSPERMAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38849149811     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2007.04.01     Document Type: Article

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