Clades, ecological amplitudes, and ecomorphs: Phylogenetic effects and persistence of primitive plant communities in the Pennsylvanian-age tropical wetlands

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 83-105

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Phillips, Tom L ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

extinction; palaeobotany; palaeoecology; Pennsylvanian; tropical

Indexed keywords

PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND COMMUNITY;

EID: 0030595829     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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