Diversity of the woody vegetation of Gondwanan southern Africa

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-164

  Bamford, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fossil wood; Macroflora; Palaeo environment; Southern Africa; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; PALEOBOTANY; PERMIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRIASSIC; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODY PLANT;

NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0742267217     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70314-2     Document Type: Article

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