The diversification of eastern South American open vegetation biomes: Historical biogeography and perspectives

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1630-1648

  Werneck, Fernanda P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Caatinga; Cerrado; Chaco; Open vegetations; Seasonally dry tropical forests; South america; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAATINGA; CERRADO; CHACO; DRY TROPICAL FORESTS; OPEN VEGETATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; TROPICS;

VEGETATION;

BIOME; CAATINGA; CERRADO; DRY FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958004726     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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