Convergence, consilience, and the evolution of temperate deciduous forests

American Naturalist

Volumn 190, Issue , 2017, Pages S87-S104

  Edwards, Erika J ^a   Chatelet, David S ^a,f   Chen, Bo Chang ^b   Ong, Jin Yao ^b   Tagane, Shuichiro ^c   Kanemitsu, Hironobu ^c   Tagawa, Kazuki ^c   Teramoto, Kentaro ^c   Park, Brian ^d   Chung, Kuo Fang ^b,e   Hu, Jer Ming ^b   Yahara, Tetsukazu ^c   Donoghue, Michael J ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biome assembly; Climate change; Freezing tolerance; Leaf habit; Phylogeny; Viburnum

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FOREST; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; FORESTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 85026894100     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692627     Document Type: Article

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