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Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics

Date

Authors

Bowman, David M.J.S.

Brown, G.K.

Braby, Michael

Brown, J.R.

Cook, Lynette Gai

Crisp, Michael

Ford, Fred Dr

Hughes, J.

Isagi, Yuji

Joseph, Leo

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim This paper reviews the biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropical biome to highlight general patterns in the distribution of a range of organisms and their environmental correlates and evolutionary history, as well as to identify knowledge gaps.

Keywords

Keywords: biogeography; drainage network; endemic species; Eocene; evolutionary biology; fire behavior; geographical characteristics; Hadley cell; hydrological change; monsoon; paleoecology; phylogenetics; phylogeny; spatial distribution; vegetation type; vicarianc Biogeography; Fire; Geological history; Monsoon climate; Northern Australia; Phylogeny

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60433

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Biogeography

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02210.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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