Climatic determinism in phytogeographic regionalization: A test from the Irano-Turanian region, SW and Central Asia

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-249

  Djamali, Morteza ^a   Brewer, Simon ^b   Breckle, Siegmar W ^c   Jackson, Stephen T ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central asia; Climate; Continentality; Flora; Middle east; Phytogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; GLOBAL WARMING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL ASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84859889304     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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