Reconstructing the demise of Tethyan plants: Climate-driven range dynamics of Laurus since the Pliocene

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-695

  Rodríguez Sánchez, Francisco ^a   Arroyo, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope; Climate change; Ecological niche modelling; Glacial refugia; Lauraceae; Macaronesian islands; Niche conservatism; Pleistocene; Range limits; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOSPERM; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NICHE; PLIOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; RECONSTRUCTION; REFUGIUM; TETHYS; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

LAURACEAE; LAURUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 54249100614     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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