Reasons for an outstanding plant diversity in the tropical Andes of Southern Ecuador

Long-term field studies in the scope of a multidisciplinary project in southern Ecuador revealed extraordinary high species numbers of many organismic groups. This article discusses reasons for the outstanding vascular plant diversity using a hierarchical scale-oriented top-down approach (Grüninger...

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Main Authors: Michael Richter, Karl-Heinz Diertl, Paul Emck, Thorsten Peters, Erwin Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Landscape Ecology, Chapter Germany 2009-06-01
Series:Landscape Online
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Online Access:https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/78