Paleoecological evidence of Raphia in the pre-columbian Neptropics

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 783-791

  Urquhart, Gerald R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Africa; Arecaceae; Biogeography; Introduced species; Neotropics; Nicaragua; Paleoecology; Palmae; Palynology; Raphia taedigera

Indexed keywords

DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; TRANSOCEANIC DISPERSAL;

NICARAGUA;

ARECACEAE; RAPHIA TAEDIGERA; RAPHIA VINIFERA;

EID: 0031425483     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0266467400010993     Document Type: Article

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