Campos de Cima da Serra: The Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands show an unexpected level of plant endemism

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-393

  Iganci, João R V ^a   Heiden, Gustavo ^b   Miotto, Silvia Teresinha S ^a   Pennington, R Toby ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Biogeography; Conservation; Diversity; Endemic species

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOME; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION;

BRAZIL;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 81855221990     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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