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Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous

  1. William J. Bond1,
  2. Andrew C. Scott2

Article first published online: 2 SEP 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03418.x

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Volume 188, Issue 4, pages 1137–1150, December 2010

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Bond, W. J. and Scott, A. C. (2010), Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous. New Phytologist, 188: 1137–1150. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03418.x

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  1. 1

    Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

  2. 2

    Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 OEX, UK

*Author for correspondence: William J. Bond Tel: +27 21 650 2439 Email: william.bond@uct.ac.za

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 NOV 2010
  2. Article first published online: 2 SEP 2010
  3. Received: 12 April 2010, Accepted: 5 July 2010

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