Islands in the desert: environmental distribution modelling of endemic flora reveals the extent of Pleistocene tropical relict vegetation in southern Arabia | Zendy

James S. Borrell | Zendy; Ghudaina Al Issaey | Zendy; Darach Lupton | Zendy; Thomas Starnes | Zendy; Abdulrahman Al Hinai | Zendy; Saif Al Hatmi | Zendy; Rebecca A. Senior | Zendy; Tim Wilkinson | Zendy; Jo L.H. Milborrow | Zendy; Andrew Stokes-Rees | Zendy; Annette Patzelt | Zendy

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Islands in the desert: environmental distribution modelling of endemic flora reveals the extent of Pleistocene tropical relict vegetation in southern Arabia

Author(s) -

James S. Borrell,

Ghudaina Al Issaey,

Darach Lupton,

Thomas Starnes,

Abdulrahman Al Hinai,

Saif Al Hatmi,

Rebecca A. Senior,

Tim Wilkinson,

Jo L.H. Milborrow,

Andrew Stokes-Rees,

Annette Patzelt

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcz085

Subject(s) - biology , flora (microbiology) , pleistocene , vegetation (pathology) , desert (philosophy) , ecology , endemism , arid , desert climate , tropics , distribution (mathematics) , paleontology , bacteria , medicine , philosophy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , epistemology , pathology

Southern Arabia is a global biodiversity hotspot with a high proportion of endemic desert-adapted plants. Here we examine evidence for a Pleistocene climate refugium in the southern Central Desert of Oman, and its role in driving biogeographical patterns of endemism.

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