Panbiogeography of New Caledonia, south-west Pacific: Basal angiosperms on basement terranes, ultramafic endemics inherited from volcanic island arcs and old taxa endemic to young islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2153-2175

  Heads, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Buffalo Museum of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Endemism; Evolution; Gondwana; Limestone; Melanesia; New Guinea; New Zealand; Serpentine; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIMESTONE; SERPENTINE; VICARIANCE; VOLCANISM;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMBORELLA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 56549093981     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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