Conservatism of ecological niche characteristics in North American plant species over the Pleistocene-to-Recent transition

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1779-1789

  Martinez Meyer E ^a   Peterson, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological niche modelling; Evolutionary conservatism; North America; Plant migration; Pleistocene; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NICHE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748528104     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01482_33_10.x     Document Type: Article

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