Life, death and fossilization on Gran Canaria - Implications for Macaronesian biogeography and molecular dating

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2189-2201

  Anderson, Cajsa Lisa ^a   Channing, Alan ^b   Zamuner, Alba B ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Fossil; Gran Canaria; Laurisilva; Macaronesia; Miocene; Molecular dating; Pliocene; Roque Nublo; Tetraclinis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DATING METHOD; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLIOCENE; SCRUB; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TETRACLINIS;

EID: 70449718825     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02222.x     Document Type: Review

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