Rainforest conifers of Eocene Patagonia: Attached cones and foliage of the extant Southeast Asian and Australasian genus Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 562-584

  Wilf, Peter ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird dispersal; Caldera lake; Conifers; Dacrycarpus; Eocene; Laguna del hunco; Patagonia; Podocarpaceae; Rainforest; R o pichileuf

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CALDERA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; MOISTURE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SURVIVAL;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALASIA; PATAGONIA;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; DACRYCARPUS; DACRYCARPUS IMBRICATUS; PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 84858606477     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100367     Document Type: Article

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