Rock outcrop habitats in the Venezuelan Guayana lowlands: Their main vegetation types and floristic components

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-609

  Gröger, Andreas ^a   Huber, Otto ^b,c  

^a BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c Fund Inst Botanico de Venezuela   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Endemism; Flora; Guayana Shield; Inselberg; Phytogeography; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

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EID: 40549119137     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84042007000400006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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