An herbaceous fossil conifer: Gymnospermous ruderals in the evolution of Mesozoic vegetation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-145

  Rothwell, Gar W ^a   Grauvogel Stamm, Léa ^b   Mapes, Gene ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Delta habitat; Evolutionary ecology; Herbaceous conifer; Ruderal; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BUNTER; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRIASSIC;

FRANCE;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033951406     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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