Decline of a biome: Evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1635-1656

  Byrne, Margaret ^a   Steane, Dorothy A ^b   Joseph, Leo ^c   Yeates, David K ^c   Jordan, Greg J ^b   Crayn, Darren ^d   Aplin, Ken ^c   Cantrill, David J ^e   Cook, Lyn G ^f   Crisp, Michael D ^g   Keogh, J Scott ^g   Melville, Jane ^h   Moritz, Craig ⁱ   Porch, Nicholas ^j   Sniderman, J M Kale ^k   Sunnucks, Paul ^k   Weston, Peter H ^l  

^a Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Australian mesic zone; Biogeography; Evolutionary history; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Rain forest; Sclerophyll

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOME; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTINCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; FRAGMENTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; IMMIGRATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051671519     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02535.x     Document Type: Article

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