Mangroves of southeastern Mexico: Palaeoecology and conservation

Open Geography Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-15

  Torrescano Valle, Nuria ^a   Islebe, Gerald A ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecology; Mangroves; Paleoecology; Southeastern Mexico

Indexed keywords

ACOELORRAPHE WRIGHTII; FABACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); GYMNOPODIUM FLORIBUNDUM; MORACEAE; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SAPOTACEAE; THRINAX RADIATA;

EID: 84861856478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18749232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874923201205010006     Document Type: Article

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