Neogene and Quaternary development of the neotropical rain forest: The forest refugia hypothesis, and a literature overview

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 147-183

  Hooghiemstra, Henry ^a   Van Der Hammen, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Tropenbos Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazonas; Forest refugia; Neogene; Quaternary; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RAINFOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032450670     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(98)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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