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

In many tropical regions the development of informed conservation strategies is hindered by a dearth of biodiversity information. Biological collections can help to overcome this problem, by providing baseline information to guide research and conservation efforts. This study focuses on the timber t...

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Main Authors: Maria M Romeiras, Rui Figueira, Maria Cristina Duarte, Pedro Beja, Iain Darbyshire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4111583?pdf=render