Evolution of the New Zealand mountain flora: Origins, diversification and dispersal

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-247

  Winkworth, Richard C ^a   Wagstaff, Steven J ^b   Glenny, David ^b   Lockhart, Peter J ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Ecological diversification; Morphological radiation; New Zealand alpine flora

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; FLORA; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 23744494693     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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