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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Main Authors: Jalil Noroozi, Amir Talebi, Moslem Doostmohammadi, Sara Manafzadeh, Zahra Asgarpour, Gerald M. Schneeweiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49417-1