How much evolutionary history in a 10 x 10 m plot?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1590, 2006, Pages 1143-1148

  Procheş, Şerban ^a,b   Wilson, John R U ^b   Cowling, Richard M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape floristic region; Evolutionary age; Fynbos; Phylogenetic diversity; South Africa; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33746716997     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3427     Document Type: Article

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