Age, area and avian diversification

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-253

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Blackburn, Tim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Cladogenesis; Distribution; Macroecology; Range size

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RANGE SIZE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0030715030     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0156     Document Type: Article

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