Vascular plant species diversity, biogeography and vulnerability in the Aegean islands as exemplified by Evvia island (W Aegean, Greece)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-57

  Trigas, Panayiotis ^a   Iatrou, Gregoris ^b   Panitsa, Maria ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endemism; Habitat vulnerability; Island flora; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 40649100067     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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