Modern processes and historical factors in the origin of the African element in Latin America

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-339

  Graham, Alan ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Caribbean; Dispersal; Dust transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748996493     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2006)93[335:MPAHFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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