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Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region
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| author | Hoffmann, Vera |
| author2 | Verboom, George Anthony |
| author_browse | Hoffmann, Vera Verboom, George Anthony |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11504 Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region Hoffmann, Vera Verboom, George Anthony Cotterill, FPD Botany Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Comparative biologists have refined the synthesis of molecularly dated phylogenies and ecological data into an important tool to reconstruct the evolution of species and biomes, and to unravel the history and role of abiotic determinants of diversity patterns (fire, climate, tectonism). This has been extended into the cross-disciplinary, geobiological approach of 'geoecodynamics' has exploits the spatial fidelity of locally restricted organisms to unravel the temporal and spatial evolution of landforms. This research approach is adopted here across 11 plant clades representing six prominent plant families of the Cape flora (Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Restionaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae and Proteaceae) to infer (i) the relative roles of climatic changes and neotectonic uplift in shaping the CFR since the Early Miocene, and to detemine (ii) whether contrasting evolutionary processes (adaptive versus non-adaptive) exhibit spatial structuring within the flora, given the complex topography of the region. 2015-01-05T18:57:22Z 2015-01-05T18:57:22Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11504 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Botany Hoffmann, Vera Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_full | Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_fullStr | Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_short | Plants as biotic indicators of Neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the Cape Floristic Region |
| title_sort | plants as biotic indicators of neogene palaeoenvironmental evolution in the cape floristic region |
| topic | Botany |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11504 |
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