Conservation of oceanic island floras: Present and future global challenges

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-129

  Caujapé Castells, Juli ^a   Tye, Alan ^b   Crawford, Daniel J ^c   Santos Guerra, Arnoldo ^d   Sakai, Ann ^e   Beaver, Katy ^f   Lobin, Wolfram ^g   Vincent Florens, F B ^h,i   Moura, Mónica ^j   Jardim, Roberto ^k   Gómes, Isildo ^l   Kueffer, Christoph ^m  

^a Laboratorio de Biodiversidad Molecular Y Banco de ADN   (Spain)

^b Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme   (Samoa)

^c Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Plant Conservation Action Group   (Seychelles)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^j CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^k Jardim Botânico da Madeira ^*  (Portugal)

^l Instituto Nacional de Investigaçao e Desenvolvimento Agrário   (Cape Verde)

^m ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Conservation policies; Conservation research; Endangerment; Global network; Threat factors; World islands

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FLORISTICS; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 77950023566     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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