Present day risk of extinction may exacerbate the lower species richness of dioecious clades

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Vamosi, Jana C ^a   Vamosi, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Biodiversity; Dioecy; Evolutionary history; Extinction; Sister group comparisons; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 13444282657     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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