Functional groups of rare plants differ in levels of imperilment

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 943-953

  Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^a   Ogurcak, Danielle E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Functional groups; GIS; Guilds; Herbarium collections; Rarity; Species ranges

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HERBARIUM; HOME RANGE; LIFE HISTORY; RARITY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 48249091757     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800013     Document Type: Article

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