Documenting biogeographical patterns of African timber species using herbarium records: A conservation perspective based on native trees from Angola

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Romeiras, Maria M ^a,b   Figueira, Rui ^a,c   Duarte, Maria Cristina ^a,c   Beja, Pedro ^c   Darbyshire, Iain ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONIFER; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LOGGING; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TREE;

ANGOLA; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RECORDS AS TOPIC; TREES;

EID: 84904863144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103403     Document Type: Article

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