The diversification of flowering plants through time and space: Key innovations, climate and chance

Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 149-163

  Davies, T J ^a   Barraclough, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420009538     Document Type: Chapter

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