Biotic diversification in the Guayana Highlands: A proposal

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 921-927

  Rull, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climatic change; Diversification; Endemism; Guayana Highlands; Neotropics; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology; South America; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ENDEMISM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

GUYANA HIGHLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044371817     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01252.x     Document Type: Review

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