Introduction and synthesis: Plant phylogeny and the origin of major biomes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1450, 2004, Pages 1455-1464

  Pennington, R Toby ^a   Crook, Quentin C B ^b   Richardson, James A ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal biogeography; Long distance dispersal; Molecular clocks; Plant biogeography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY;

ANIMALIA; ANNONACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 8144221041     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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