Phylogeography, fossils, and northern Hemisphere biogeography: The role of physiological uniformitarianism

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Tiffney, Bruce H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering land bridge; Boreal; Fossil plants; North Atlantic land bridge; Northern Hemisphere; Phylogeography; Phytogeography; Tertiary; Uniformitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449089850     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2006199     Document Type: Article

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