The ghost of competition past in the phylogeny of island endemic plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 168-173

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Colonization; Endemism; Interspecific competition; Macaronesia; Niche pre emption; Phylogeny; Plants; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENDEMISM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND; NICHE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MACARONESIA;

EID: 0942278747     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00853.x     Document Type: Review

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