Biodiversity hotspots and Ocbil theory

Plant and Soil

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 167-216

  Hopper, Stephen D ^a   Silveira, Fernando A O ^b   Fiedler, Peggy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c University of California Office of the President   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Evolution; Landscapes; OCBIS; OCFEL; P limited

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CONSERVATION STATUS; EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE; RESEARCH WORK;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84957580278     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2764-2     Document Type: Review

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