The 29°N latitudinal line: An important division in the Hengduan Mountains, a biodiversity hotspot in southwest China

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-412

  Zhang, Da Cai ^a,b   Boufford, David E ^a,c   Ree, Richard H ^a,d   Sun, Hang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 73449093525     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2008.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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