The Southwest Australian floristic region: Evolution and conservation of a global hot spot of biodiversity

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 623-650

  Hopper, Stephen D ^a,b   Gioia, Paul ^c  

^a BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fossils; Phylogeny; Speciation; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 8144225550     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.112202.130201     Document Type: Review

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