Early evolution of land plants: Phylogeny, physiology, and ecology of the primary terrestrial radiation

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1998, Pages 263-292

  Bateman, Richard M ^a   Crane, Peter R ^b   Dimichele, William A ^c   Kenrick, Paul R ^d   Rowe, Nick P ^e   Speck, Thomas ^f   Stein, William E ^g  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cladistics; Evolutionary radiation; Novelty radiation; Paleobotany; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0032409578     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.263     Document Type: Article

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