Global patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure in island floras

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Weigelt, Patrick ^a   Daniel Kissling, W ^b   Kisel, Yael ^a   Fritz, Susanne A ^c   Karger, Dirk Nikolaus ^d,e   Kessler, Michael ^d   Lehtonen, Samuli ^e   Svenning, Jens Christian ^f   Kreft, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 84937676390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12213     Document Type: Article

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