Evidence of white pine (Pinus subgenus Strobus) dominance from the Pliocene Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Stults, Debra Z ^a   Axsmith, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Christopher)   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographical disjunction; Citronelle Formation; Haploxylon pines; Pliocene; Subgenus Strobus; White pines

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT USE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

PINUS CHIAPENSIS; PINUS STROBUS; PINUS SUBSECT. AUSTRALES; STROBUS;

EID: 77149160363     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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