Did southern Western Ghats of peninsular India serve as refugia for its endemic biota during the Cretaceous volcanism?
The Western Ghats (WG) of south India, a global biodiversity hotspot, has experienced complex geological history being part of Gondwana landmass and encountered extensive volcanic activity at the end of Cretaceous epoch. It also has a climatically and topographically heterogeneous landscape. Thus, t...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797476/ |