Episodic migration of oaks to Iceland: Evidence for a north atlantic "land bridge" in the latest miocene

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-287

  Denk, Thomas ^a   Grímsson, Fridgeir ^b,c   Zetter, Reinhard ^d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Icelandic Inst/Museum of Nat Hist   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cenozoic; Infrageneric group lobatae; Infrageneric group quercus; North atlantic land bridge; Quercus

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSAL; EPISODIC EVENT; FOSSIL; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MIGRATION; MIOCENE; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOBOTANY; POLLEN; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ICELAND;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 76349118357     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900195     Document Type: Article

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