An exceptional role for flowering plant physiology in the expansion of tropical rainforests and biodiversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1699, 2010, Pages 3437-3443

  Boyce, C Kevin ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Leaf; Precipitation; Transpiration; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELING; EPIPHYTE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF; MASS EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFOREST; RANGE EXPANSION; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTEBRATE;

AMAZON BASIN;

INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149263706     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0485     Document Type: Article

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