Plant diversity in a changing world: Status, trends, and conservation needs

Plant Diversity

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-16

  Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity patterns; ex situ conservation; In situ conservation; Land plants; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006282464     PISSN: 20962703     EISSN: 24682659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2016.01.001     Document Type: Review

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