Cenozoic plant diversity in the neotropics

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5769, 2006, Pages 1893-1896

  Jaramillo, Carlos ^a   Rueda, Milton J ^b   Mora, Germán ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGY; OLIGOMERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CENOZOIC; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MIOCENE; NEOTROPICS; PALEOCENE;

BIODIVERSITY;

CENOZOIC; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROL SYSTEM; EOCENE; FLORA; HOLOCENE; NEOTROPICS; PALEOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PLANTS; POLLEN; SPORES; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33645463599     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121380     Document Type: Article

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