Plant dispersal across the tropical Atlantic by wind and sea currents

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 165, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Renner, Susanne ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic equatorial currents; Biogeography; Floating islands; Gondwana breakup; Transatlantic dispersal; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANEMOCHORY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 4944250824     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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