Extreme long-distance dispersal of the lowland tropical rainforest tree Ceiba pentandra L. (Malvaceae) in Africa and the Neotropics

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3039-3049

  Dick, Christopher W ^a,b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b   Lemes, Maristerra R ^c   Gribel, Rogerio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Long distance dispersal; Molecular clocks; Phylogeography; Tropical trees; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; KAPOK; PHYLOGENY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AFRICA; CEIBA; GEOGRAPHY; MALVACEAE; PHYLOGENY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CEIBA PENTANDRA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 34447120224     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03341.x     Document Type: Article

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