Ecological conservatism in the "living fossil" Ginkgo

Paleobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-104

  Royer, Dana L ^a   Hickey, Leo J ^a   Wing, Scott L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TERTIARY;

GINKGO; GINKGO BILOBA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037412377     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0084:ECITLF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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