The southern conifer family Araucariaceae: History, status, and value for paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2001, Pages 397-414

  Kershaw, P ^a   Wagstaff, B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Environmental variability; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0035674177     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.32.081501.114059     Document Type: Review

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