Evolutionary patterns in the assembly of fern diversity on the oceanic Mascarene Islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1651-1663

  Hennequin, Sabine ^a,b   Kessler, Michael ^c   Lindsay, Stuart ^d,e   Schneider, Harald ^f  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Gardens by the Bay   (Singapore)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladogenesis; Colonization; Ferns; Indian Ocean; Mascarene Islands; Mauritius; Oceanic islands; Phylogenetic structure; R union; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905700637     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12339     Document Type: Article

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