The influence of habitat on the evolution of plants: A case study across Saxifragales

Annals of Botany

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1317-1328

  De Casas, Rafael Rubio ^a,b,c   Mort, Mark E ^d   Soltis, Douglas E ^e,f  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeonium; Anagenesis; Cladogenesis; Climate change; Crassulaceae; Diversification; Ecotone; Habitat selection; Macaronesia; Niche conservatism; Saxifraga

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; TUNDRA;

AEONIUM; CRASSULACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGALES;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

EID: 85014774120     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw160     Document Type: Article

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