A new age of discovery

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-126

  Donoghue, Michael J ^a   Alverson, William S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of discovery; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Exploration; New species; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

THUJA;

EID: 0034070181     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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