Jesters, red queens, boomerangs and surfers: A molecular outlook on the diversity of the Canarian endemic flora

The Biology of Island Floras

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 284-324

  Caujapé Castells, Juli ^a  

^a Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo UA CSIC   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511844270.013     Document Type: Chapter

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