Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-290

  Sjostrom A ^a   Gross, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Correlated evolution; Extinction risk; Flora; Fruit types; Genus size; Life history characters; Phylogenetic analyses; Sex systems

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EXTINCTION RISK; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33645212235     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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