The Yucatan peninsula: Biogeographical history 65 million years in the making

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-219

  Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a   Arita, Héctor T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MERIDA [YUCATAN]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

EID: 78651261011     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06293.x     Document Type: Article

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