Fossil evidence for a hyperdiverse sclerophyll flora under a non-Mediterranean-type climate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3423-3428

  Sniderman, J M Kale ^a   Jordan, Gregory J ^b   Cowling, Richard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glacial interglacial cycles; Macrofossil flora; Species diversity; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES; SCLEROPHYLL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FLORA; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; FLOWERS; FOSSILS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 84874496409     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216747110     Document Type: Article

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