Recently evolved diversity and convergent radiations of rainforest mahoganies (Meliaceae) shed new light on the origins of rainforest hyperdiversity

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 327-339

  Koenen, Erik J M ^a,b   Clarkson, James J ^c   Pennington, Terence D ^d   Chatrou, Lars W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversification rate; Evolutionary radiations; Extinction; Meliaceae; Molecular dating; Phylogenetics; Species turnover; Tropical rainforest hyperdiversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; MASS EXTINCTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MELIACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MELIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; MELIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST;

EID: 84931572269     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13490     Document Type: Article

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