Diversity and conservation value of Gabon's savanna and inselberg open vegetation: An initial gap analysis

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-54

  Walters, Gretchen ^a,b   Parmentier, Ingrid ^c   Stévart, Tariq ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Herbier National du Gabon   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Floristics; Inselberg; Protected area; Savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862303064     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.606     Document Type: Article

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