Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding how biodiversity is shaped through time is a fundamental question in biology. Even though tropical rain forests (TRF) represent the most diverse terrestrial biomes on the planet, the timing, location and mechanisms of t...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/9/44 |