Character shift and habitat colonization in widespread island taxa

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 399-411

  García Verdugo, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo Unidad Asociada CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Cistus; Ecological release; Lavandula; Leaf traits; Niche evolution; Olea; Periploca; Phenotypic adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; NICHE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TAXONOMY;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CISTUS; LAVANDULA; PERIPLOCA;

EID: 84894411767     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12126     Document Type: Article

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