Rarity, species richness, and the threat of extinction-are plants the same as animals?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Knapp, Sandra ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT TAXONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANTS;

EID: 79958065573     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001067     Document Type: Article

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