The Azores diversity enigma: Why are there so few Azorean endemic flowering plants and why are they so widespread?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-89

  Carine, Mark A ^a   Schaefer, Hanno ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azores; Canary Islands; Endemism; Macaronesia; Oceanic archipelago; Pericallis; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOPATRY; ARCHIPELAGO; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

ASTERACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERICALLIS;

EID: 72549114601     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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