Article
Phyloclimatic modeling: combining phylogenetics and bioclimatic modeling.
Systematic biology - 1 Oct 2006
Yesson C, Culham A
Abstract excerpt
We investigate the impact of past climates on plant diversification by tracking the "footprint" of climate change on a phylogenetic tree. Diversity within the cosmopolitan carnivorous plant genus Drosera (Droseraceae) is focused within Mediterranean climate regions. We explore whether this diversity is temporally linked to Mediterranean-type climatic shifts of the mid-Miocene and whether climate preferences are...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
