Distribution Patterns and Conservation Perspectives of the Endemic Flora of Peloponnese (Greece)

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-439

  Trigas, Panayiotis ^a   Tsiftsis, Spyros ^b   Tsiripidis, Ioannis ^b   Iatrou, Gregory ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Area selection; Diversity hot spots; Elevational gradient; Endemism; Range size; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ELEVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE BREADTH; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE; RAPOPORT RULE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84869489125     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-012-9130-4     Document Type: Article

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