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A reconstruction of Palaeo-Macaronesia, with particular reference to the long-term biogeography of the Atlantic island laurel forests

  1. José María Fernández-Palacios1,2,*,
  2. Lea de Nascimento1,2,
  3. Rüdiger Otto1,
  4. Juan D. Delgado3,
  5. Eduardo García-del-Rey1,
  6. José Ramón Arévalo1,
  7. Robert J. Whittaker2,4

Article first published online: 10 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02427.x

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Journal of Biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volume 38, Issue 2, pages 226–246, February 2011

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Fernández-Palacios, J. M., de Nascimento, L., Otto, R., Delgado, J. D., García-del-Rey, E., Arévalo, J. R. and Whittaker, R. J. (2011), A reconstruction of Palaeo-Macaronesia, with particular reference to the long-term biogeography of the Atlantic island laurel forests. Journal of Biogeography, 38: 226–246. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02427.x

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  1. 1

    Island Ecology and Biogeography Research Group, Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38206, Tenerife, Spain

  2. 2

    Biodiversity Research Group, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK

  3. 3

    Department of Physics, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, km 1, Seville, 41013, Spain

  4. 4

    Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

* José María Fernández-Palacios, Island Ecology and Biogeography Group, Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38206, Tenerife, Spain. E-mail: jmferpal@ull.es

  1. Note: Within the text we have followed † recommendation of incorporating the Gelasian Age (2.6–1.8 Ma) within the Pleistocene, thus yielding a Pliocene/Quaternary limit at 2.6 Ma.

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