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Volume 359(1450);  October 29, 2004
Introduction and synthesis: Plant phylogeny and the origin of major biomes.
R Toby Pennington, Quentin C B Cronk, and James A Richardson
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1455–1464. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1539.
PMCID: PMC1693442
Global climate and the distribution of plant biomes.
F I Woodward, M R Lomas, and C K Kelly
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1465–1476. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1525.
PMCID: PMC1693431
Assessing the quality of molecular divergence time estimates by fossil calibrations and fossil-based model selection.
Thomas J Near and Michael J Sanderson
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1477–1483. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1523.
PMCID: PMC1693436
Multiple Miocene Melastomataceae dispersal between Madagascar, Africa and India.
Susanne S Renner
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1485–1494. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1530.
PMCID: PMC1693440
Historical biogeography of two cosmopolitan families of flowering plants: Annonaceae and Rhamnaceae.
J E Richardson, L W Chatrou, J B Mols, R H J Erkens, and M D Pirie
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1495–1508. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1537.
PMCID: PMC1693429
Metacommunity process rather than continental tectonic history better explains geographically structured phylogenies in legumes.
Matt Lavin, Brian P Schrire, Gwilym Lewis, R Toby Pennington, Alfonso Delgado-Salinas, Mats Thulin, Colin E Hughes, Angela Beyra Matos, and Martin F Wojciechowski
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1509–1522. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1536.
PMCID: PMC1693434
Epiphytism and pollinator specialization: drivers for orchid diversity?
Barbara Gravendeel, Ann Smithson, Ferry J W Slik, and Andre Schuiteman
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1523–1535. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1529.
PMCID: PMC1693444
Origins of the southeastern Australian vegetation.
Robert S Hill
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1537–1549. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1526.
PMCID: PMC1693433
Radiation of the Australian flora: what can comparisons of molecular phylogenies across multiple taxa tell us about the evolution of diversity in present-day communities?
Mike Crisp, Lyn Cook, and Dorothy Steane
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1551–1571. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1528.
PMCID: PMC1693438
Palaeobotanical studies from tropical Africa: relevance to the evolution of forest, woodland and savannah biomes.
Bonnie F Jacobs
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1573–1583. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1533.
PMCID: PMC1693443
Mechanisms and tempo of evolution in the African Guineo-Congolian rainforest.
Vanessa Plana
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1585–1594. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1535.
PMCID: PMC1693432
South American palaeobotany and the origins of neotropical rainforests.
Robyn J Burnham and Kirk R Johnson
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1595–1610. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1531.
PMCID: PMC1693437
The role of immigrants in the assembly of the South American rainforest tree flora.
R Toby Pennington and Christopher W Dick
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1611–1622. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1532.
PMCID: PMC1693441
Evolution of the species-rich Cape flora.
H P Linder and C R Hardy
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1623–1632. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1534.
PMCID: PMC1693430
Patterns in the assembly of temperate forests around the Northern Hemisphere.
Michael J Donoghue and Stephen A Smith
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1633–1644. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1538.
PMCID: PMC1693435
Environmental causes for plant biodiversity gradients.
T Jonathan Davies, Timothy G Barraclough, Vincent Savolainen, and Mark W Chase
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2004 October 29; 359(1450): 1645–1656. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1524.
PMCID: PMC1693439
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