Vascular plant diversity in eastern Asia and North America: Historical and ecological explanations

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-136

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,c   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b   Cody, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Continental drift; Fern; Gymnosperms; Plant classes; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

(EAST); ASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031765379     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1998.0186     Document Type: Article

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