Neogene origins and implied warmth tolerance of Amazon tree species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-169

  Dick, Christopher W ^a,b   Lewis, Simon L ^c,d   Maslin, Mark ^d   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon forests; Comparative phylogeography; Ecological niche models; Global change; Molecular clock; Thermal tolerance; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875081384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.441     Document Type: Article

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