Contrasted patterns of hyperdiversification in Mediterranean hotspots

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 221-225

  Sauquet, Hervé ^a,b,c   Weston, Peter H ^b   Anderson, Cajsa Lisa ^d   Barker, Nigel P ^e   Cantrill, David J ^c,f   Mast, Austin R ^g   Savolainen, Vincent ^a,h  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversification rates; Fossil calibration; Molecular dating; Proteaceae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEACEAE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 58549095320     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805607106     Document Type: Article

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