Insights into the historical construction of species-rich biomes from dated plant phylogenies, neutral ecological theory and phylogenetic community structure

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-616

  Pennington, R Toby ^a   Richardson, James E ^a   Lavin, Matt ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Community assembly; Dated phylogenies; Dispersal; Ecological speciation; Neutral ecological theory; Phylogenetic community structure

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750632172     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01902.x     Document Type: Review

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