Mountain biodiversity in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-597

  Martinelli, Gustavo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian mountains; Convention on Biological Diversity; Mountain biodiversity; Nomenclature of neotropical mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549137441     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84042007000400005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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