An evaluation of the Lost World and vertical displacement hypotheses in the Chimantá Massif, Venezuelan Guayana

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-148

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endemism; Historical biogeography; Holocene; Palynology; Pantepui; Tepuis; Vegetation change; Venezuelan Guayana

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMISM; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MOISTURE; OUTCROP; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; CHIMANTA MASSIF; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; GUAYANA;

STEGOLEPIS;

EID: 1842654281     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-882X.2004.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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