Paleo-Antarctic rainforest into the modern old world tropics: The rich past and threatened future of the "southern wet forest survivors"

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2121-2135

  Kooyman, Robert M ^a,b   Wilf, Peter ^c   Barreda, Viviana D ^d   Carpenter, Raymond J ^e   Jordan, Gregory J ^f   Kale Sniderman, J M ^g   Allen, Andrew ^a   Brodribb, Timothy J ^f   Crayn, Darren ^h   Feild, Taylor S ^h   Laffan, Shawn W ⁱ   Lusk, Christopher H ^j   Rossetto, Maurizio ^b   Weston, Peter H ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Antarctica; Assemblage; Australia; Biogeography; Gondwana; New Zealand; Old World tropics; Paleobotany; Patagonia; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOBOTANY; RAINFOREST; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; RAIN FOREST; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AUSTRALASIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84916204979     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400340     Document Type: Article

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