Heterogeneity, speciation/extinction history and climate: Explaining regional plant diversity patterns in the Cape Floristic Region

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-179

  Cowling, R M ^a   Lombard, A T ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Extinction; Heterogeneity; Plant diversity; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; EXTINCTION; HETEROGENEITY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036115641     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2002.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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