Geographical patterns of old and young species in African forest biota: the significance of specific montane areas as evolutionary centres

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  1997

• Venue

  Biodiversity and Conservation

• Publication date

  1997-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1018356506390
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