Conservation of the unique neotropical vascular flora of the Guayana highlands in the face of global warming

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1323-1327

  Rull, Valentí ^a   Vegas Vilarrúbia, Teresa ^b   NoguÉ, Sandra ^a,c   Huber, Otto ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Trauttmansdorff Botanical Gardens   (Italy)

^e Botanical Institute of Venezuela Dr   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; UPLAND REGION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GUYANA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GLOBAL WARMING; GUYANA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GUAYANA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 70349208649     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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