Floristic turnover in Iceland from 15 to 6 Ma - Extracting biogeographical signals from fossil floral assemblages

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1490-1504

  Grímsson, Fridgeir ^a   Denk, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersal mechanisms; Fossil plants; Iceland; Land bridge; Neogene; North Atlantic; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; ICELAND;

EID: 34548135228     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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