To converge or not to converge in environmental space: testing for similar environments between analogous succulent plants of North America and Africa

• Background and Aims Convergent evolution is invoked to explain similarity between unrelated organisms in similar environments, but most evaluations of convergence analyse similarity of organismal attributes rather than of the environment. This study focuses on the globular succulent plants of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of Botany. - Oxford University Press. - 111(2013), 6, Seite 1125-1138
1. Verfasser: Alvarado-Cárdenas, Leonardo O. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Martínez-Meyer, Enrique, Feria, Teresa P., Eguiarte, Luis E., Hernández, Héctor M., Midgley, Guy, Olson, Mark E.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Annals of Botany
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Physical sciences Applied sciences Environmental studies