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Extreme long-distance dispersal of the lowland tropical rainforest tree Ceiba pentandra L. (Malvaceae) in Africa and the Neotropics.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2007
Dick Christopher W, Bermingham Eldredge, Lemes Maristerra R, Gribel Rogerio
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Many tropical tree species occupy continental expanses of rainforest and flank dispersal barriers such as oceans and mountains. The role of long-distance dispersal in establishing the range of such species is poorly understood. In this study, we test vicariance hypotheses for range disjunctions i...
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