Spatial patterns of endemic plants in California

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-366

  Thorne, J H ^a   Viers, J H ^a   Price, J ^b   Stoms, D M ^c  

^a 2132 Wickson Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemism; Flora; Geodatabase; Plant biogeography; Range size

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ELEVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77649258817     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.029.0402     Document Type: Article

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