Revisiting the historical distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: New insights based on palaeodistribution modelling and palynological evidencegeb

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-288

  Werneck, Fernanda P ^a   Costa, Gabriel C ^b   Colli, Guarino R ^c   Prado, Darién E ^d   Sites, Jack W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Genetic predictions; Habitat stability; Historical refugia; Holocene; Palaeovegetation modelling; Pleistocene; Quaternary climatic fluctuations; Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest; South America; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODELING; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 79551521467     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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