'Convergent' traits of mediterranean woody plants belong to pre-mediterranean lineages

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-427

  Verdu M ^a   Davila P ^b   Garcia Fayos P ^a   Flores Hernandez N ^c   Valiente Banuet, A ^c  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Evolutionary convergence; Historical effects; Mediterranean climate

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; WOODY PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0242668277     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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