Do plant families with contrasting functional traits show similar patterns of endemism? A case study with Central African Orchidaceae and Rubiaceae

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1507-1531

  Droissart, Vincent ^a,b,d   Sonké, Bonaventure ^b,c,d   Hardy, Olivier J ^b   Simo, Murielle ^c   Taedoumg, Hermann ^c   Nguembou, Charlemagne K ^c   Stévart, Tariq ^b,d,e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atlantic Central Africa; BiodivR; Cameroon; Epiphyte; Forest refuge; Life form; Sanaga River; Seed dispersal; Shrub; Subsampling procedure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMISM; EPIPHYTE; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; HOST SPECIFICITY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; REFUGE; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; SANAGA RIVER;

FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 79956156977     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0042-z     Document Type: Article

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