Tracing the temporal and spatial origins of island endemics in the Mediterranean region: A case study from the citrus family (Ruta L., Rutaceae)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-722

  Salvo, Gabriele ^a   Ho, Simon Y W ^b   Rosenbaum, Gideon ^c   Ree, Richard ^d   Conti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental fragment islands; Geologic history; Historical biogeography; Mediterranean region; Oceanic islands; Paleoclimate; Ruta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RUTACEAE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; RUTACEAE;

CITRUS; RUTA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 79951643986     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq046     Document Type: Article

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