Testing geological models of evolution of the Isthmus of Panama in a phylogenetic framework

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 287-300

  Bacon, Christine D ^a   Mora, Andrés ^b   Wagner, Warren L ^c   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Biogeography; Caribbean; Central American Seaway; Cuba; Hawaiian Islands; Palmae; Phytogeography; South America

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; DISPERSAL; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; COPERNICIA; MYA; PRITCHARDIA; WASHINGTONIA;

EID: 84871222370     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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