Geoecodynamics and the kalahari epeirogeny: Linking its genomic record, tree of life and palimpsest into a unified narrative of landscape evolution

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 489-514

  Cotterill, F P D ^a,b   De Wit, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; MANTLE CONVECTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

KALAHARI DESERT;

MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 83355162811     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.114.3-4.489     Document Type: Article

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