On the Nature of Gondwanan Species Flocks: Diversity of Proteaceae in Mediterranean South-western Australia and South Africa

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-355

  Cowling, Richard M ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 0031734299     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT97040     Document Type: Article

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