Dark and disturbed: A new image of early angiosperm ecology

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-107

  Feild, Taylor S ^a   Arens, Nan Crystal ^b   Doyle, James A ^c   Dawson, Todd E ^d   Donoghue, Michael J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANGIOSPERM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMBORELLA; AUSTROBAILEYALES; CHLORANTHACEAE; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEACEAE; NYMPHAEALES;

EID: 1642369947     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0082:DADANI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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