Accelerating global access to plant diversity information

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 622-628

  Lughadha, Eimear Nic ^a   Miller, Chuck ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIODIVERSITY; BOTANY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIODIVERSITY; BOTANY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PLANTS;

EID: 72049091224     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.08.014     Document Type: Review

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