The evolution of Paleozoic vascular land plant diversity of South China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1828-1835

  Wang, Yi ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Xu, HongHe ^a   He, XueZhi ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

diversity; Paleozoic; sea land co evolution; South China; vascular land plants

Indexed keywords

CO-EVOLUTION; DIVERSITY; LAND PLANTS; PALEOZOIC; SOUTH CHINA;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 78649940902     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4079-8     Document Type: Article

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