Sources and sinks of diversification and conservation priorities for the Mexican tropical dry forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Becerra, Judith X ^a   Venable, D Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURSERACEAE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEXICO; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FORESTRY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TREE;

BURSERA;

BIODIVERSITY; BURSERA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

EID: 55649114174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003436     Document Type: Article

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