Centres of Plant Diversity: The AmericasStephen D. Davis, Vernon Hilton Heywood, Alan Charles Hamilton World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 1994 - Biodiversity conservation |
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Introduction | 1 |
Summary information on sites selected for Data Sheet treatment | 10 |
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agriculture Altitude Amazon Amazonia Andean biodiversity Biological Biosphere Reserve Bolivia Botanical Brazil caatinga Caribbean Central America centre cerrado Cerro Chile Chocó climate cloud forest coast coastal Colombia conservation Cordillera Costa Rica Data Sheet deciduous deforestation Desert diversity dominated dry forest eastern ecological ecosystems Ecuador endemic species environmental epiphytes evergreen flora floristic fuelwood genera Gentry grassland Guatemala habitats Instituto islands IUCN Jamaica km² Leguminosae logging lomas lowland Manaus medicinal plants Melastomataceae Mexico montane montane forests mountains National Park natural neotropical northern number of species occur Pacific palm Panama páramo Parque Peru plant species population Prance protected areas Province Quercus rain forest range region Río River Rubiaceae savanna scrub serpentine Serra do Japi shrubs Sierra Sierra de Manantlán slopes soils South America southern Sumaco taxa threatened Threats Timber trees tourism Universidad Valley vascular plants vegetation types vernal pools western zone