The origin and early evolution of plants on land

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6646, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Kenrick, Paul ^a   Crane, Peter R ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL PLANT; LAND PLANT; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOZOIC;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030885968     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37918     Document Type: Review

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