Plant paleoecology and evolutionary inference: Two examples from the Paleozoic

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 223-247

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Bateman, Richard M ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; VASCULAR PLANT; VASCULAR PLANT RADIATION;

EID: 0029731222     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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