Promise and problems in applying quantitative complementary areas for representing the diversity of some Neotropical plants (families Dichapetalaceae, Lecythidaceae, Caryocaraceae, Chrysobalanaceae and Proteaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-157

  Williams, P H ^a   Prance, G T ^b   Humphries, C J ^a   Edwards, K S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Conservation; Hotspots; Narrow endemism; Rarity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844323952     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01428.x     Document Type: Article

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