The angiosperm flora of the Archipelago Juan Fernandez (Chile): Origin and dispersal

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1266-1281

  Bernardello, Gabriel ^a   Anderson, Gregory J ^b   Stuessy, Tod F ^c   Crawford, Daniel J ^d  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^b Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Autochory; Juan Fernandez Islands; Long distance dispersal; Loss of dispersibility; Ornithochory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FRUITS;

ANDROMONOECIOUS; ANEMOCHORY; AUTOCHORY; DISPERSAL AGENTS; GYNOMONOECIOUS; ORNITHOCHORY; POLYGAMOUS; UNISEXUAL FLOWERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACHENE; ANEMOCHORY; ANGIOSPERM; ARCHIPELAGO; DIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; MONOECY; POLYGAMY; ZOOCHORY;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FLOWERS; FRUITS; ISLANDS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33845613179     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-092     Document Type: Review

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