Mechanisms and tempo of evolution in the African Guineo-Congolian rainforest

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1450, 2004, Pages 1585-1594

  Plana, Vanessa ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Molecular dating; Phylogeny; Rainforest; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144225514     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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