A Global Trend towards the Loss of Evolutionarily Unique Species in Mangrove Ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Daru, Barnabas H ^a   Yessoufou, Kowiyou ^a   Mankga, Ledile T ^a   Davies, T Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOME; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TRENDS; WETLAND;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84879259124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066686     Document Type: Article

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