Endemic diversity and distribution of the Iranian vascular flora across phytogeographical regions, biodiversity hotspots and areas of endemism
Abstract Endemism is one of the most important concepts in biogeography and is of high relevance for conservation biology. Nevertheless, our understanding of patterns of endemism is still limited in many regions of high biodiversity. This is also the case for Iran, which is rich in biodiversity and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-09-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49417-1 |