Addressing target two of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation by rapidly identifying plants at risk

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1877-1887

  Miller, James S ^a   Porter Morgan, Holly A ^a,b   Stevens, Hannah ^a   Boom, Brian ^a   Krupnick, Gary A ^c   Acevedo Rodríguez, Pedro ^c   Fleming, James ^a   Gensler, Micah ^a  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b CUNY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Extinction; Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; HERBARIUM; RED LIST;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84861724654     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0285-3     Document Type: Article

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