An engine for global plant diversity: Highest evolutionary turnover and emigration in the American tropics

An engine for global plant diversity: Highest evolutionary turnover and emigration in the American tropics

Understanding the processes that have generated the latitudinal biodiversity gradient and the continental differences in tropical biodiversity remains a major goal of evolutionary biology. Here we estimate the timing and direction of range shifts of extant flowering plants (angiosperms) between trop...

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Main Authors: Alexandre eAntonelli, Alexander eZizka, Daniele eSilvestro, Ruud eScharn, Borja eCascales-Miñana, Christine D Bacon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
Angiosperms
evolution
phylogenetics
biogeography
diversification rates
tropical biodiversity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2015.00130/full

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