In and out of Africa: How did the Strait of Gibraltar affect plant species migration and local diversification?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-36

  Lavergne, Sébastien ^a,b   Hampe, Arndt ^c,d   Arroyo, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Land bridge; Life history traits; Mediterranean; Migration; Narrow endemism; Species diversification

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND BRIDGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PROPAGULE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOROCCO; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84871700438     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02769.x     Document Type: Article

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