Odd man out: why are there fewer plant species in African rain forests?

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1299-1313

  Couvreur, Thomas L P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diversification rates; Extinction; Fossil record; Neotropics; Odd man out; Palms; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939938325     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1180-z     Document Type: Review

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