Evidence for a Cenozoic radiation of ferns in an angiosperm-dominated canopy

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

Volumn 106, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 11200-11205

  Schuettpelz, Eric ^a   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence time estimates; Diversification; Ecological opportunistic response; Epiphytes; Modern tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIPHYTE; EVOLUTION; FERN; LEPTOSPORANGIATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FERNS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67650488926     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811136106     Document Type: Article

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