Environmental energy and evolutionary rates in flowering plants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1553, 2004, Pages 2195-2200

  Davies, T Jonathan ^a,b,d   Savolainen, Vincent ^b   Chase, Mark W ^b   Moat, Justin ^c   Barracloug, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental energy; Evolutionary rates; Flowering plants; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 8344229795     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2849     Document Type: Article

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