The southwest Australian floristic region: evolution and conservation of a global hot spot of biodiversity

SD Hopper, P Gioia - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Like South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region, the Southwest Australian
Floristic Region (SWAFR) is species rich, with a Mediterranean climate and old, weathered …

Progress in Myrtaceae genetics and genomics: Eucalyptus as the pivotal genus

D Grattapaglia, RE Vaillancourt, M Shepherd… - Tree Genetics & …, 2012 - Springer
The status of genomics and genetics research in the Myrtaceae, a large family of
dicotyledonous woody plants, is reviewed with Eucalyptus as the focal genus. The family …

Relationships within Myrtaceae sensu lato based on a matK phylogeny

PG Wilson, MM O'brien, MM Heslewood… - Plant Systematics and …, 2005 - Springer
Parsimony analysis of mat K sequence data from 81 taxa representing 68 genera of
Myrtaceae sensu lato, and a representative of each of three related families as outgroups …

Radiation of the Australian flora: what can comparisons of molecular phylogenies across multiple taxa tell us about the evolution of diversity in present–day …

M Crisp, L Cook, D Steane - … Transactions of the Royal …, 2004 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Australian fossil record shows that from ca. 25 Myr ago, the aseasonal–wet biome
(rainforest and wet heath) gave way to the unique Australian sclerophyll biomes dominated …

[图书][B] Historical biogeography: an introduction

JV Crisci, L Katinas, P Posadas - 2003 - books.google.com
Though biogeography may be simply defined--the study of the geographic distributions of
organisms--the subject itself is extraordinarily complex, involving a range of scientific …

Australian biogeographical connections and the phylogeny of large genera in the plant family Myrtaceae

PY Ladiges, F Udovicic, G Nelson - Journal of Biogeography, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare the phylogeny of the eucalypt and melaleuca groups with geological events
and ages of fossils to discover the time frame of clade divergences. Location Australia, New …

Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south‐western Australian biodiversity hotspot

MG Rix, DL Edwards, M Byrne, MS Harvey… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The south‐western land division of Western Australia (SWWA), bordering the temperate
Southern and Indian Oceans, is the only global biodiversity hotspot recognised in Australia …

New Caledonia–Australian connections: biogeographic patterns and geology

PY Ladiges, D Cantrill - Australian Systematic Botany, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
A review is presented of current knowledge of the tectonic rifting of eastern Gondwana in the
context of possible land continuity between Australia and New Caledonia and the dating of …

Phylogenetic patterns in the fleshy-fruited Myrtaceae–preliminary molecular evidence

EJ Lucas, SR Belsham, EMN Lughadha… - Plant Systematics and …, 2005 - Springer
A phylogenetic study of selected fleshy-fruited genera of the Myrtaceae was conducted
using sequences from the ITS region of nuclear DNA and the psb A-trn H region of plastid …

Biological control of Melaleuca quinquenervia: an Everglades invader

TD Center, MF Purcell, PD Pratt, MB Rayamajhi… - BioControl, 2012 - Springer
A massive effort is underway to restore the Florida Everglades, mainly by re-engineering
hydrology to supply more water to the system at appropriate times of the year. However …