Origins of the southeastern Australian vegetation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1450, 2004, Pages 1537-1549

  Hill, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Australia and S Australian Museum   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian vegetation; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; Gondwana; Palaeobiology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8144220489     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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