Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. II. Diversification history and origin of regional assemblages

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-298

  Baker, William J ^a   Couvreur, Thomas L P ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Ancestral area reconstruction; Arecaceae; Boreotropical hypothesis; Diversification rates; Historical biogeography; Palmae; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAURENTIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; ASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAY PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE;

EID: 84872618879     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02794.x     Document Type: Article

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