The evolution of Patagonian climate and vegetation from the Mesozoic to the present

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 409-422

  Iglesias, Ari ^a,b   Artabe, Analia E ^a,b   Morel, Eduardo M ^a,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c CIC ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biome evolution; Climatic change; Gondwana; Palaeobotany; Palaeoclimate; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOME; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVOLUTION; FLORA; MESOZOIC; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECONSTRUCTION; STEPPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 79957754177     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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