Climate, soils and vicariance - their roles in shaping the diversity and distribution of Nepenthes in Southeast Asia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 37-51

  Clarke, Charles ^a   Moran, Jonathan A ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Climate; Diversification; Edaphic endemism; Seed dispersal; Trapping mechanism; Vegetation physiognomy; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENDEMISM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAPPING; VICARIANCE;

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO;

NEPENTHACEAE; NEPENTHES; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 84944937457     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2696-x     Document Type: Review

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