Taxonomic turnover and abundance in Cretaceous to Tertiary wood floras of Antarctica: Implications for changes in forest ecology

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 205-219

  Cantrill, David J ^a   Poole, Imogen ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angiosperm; Antarctica; conifer; Cretaceous; fossil wood; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

ALBIA; ARAUCARIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGACEAE;

EID: 10344220560     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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