Testing adaptive radiation and key innovation hypotheses in spiders

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-414

  Bond, Jason E ^a   Opell, Brent D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Araneae; Key innovation; Null Markovian model; Orb web evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; INNOVATION; MODELLING; ORB-WEAVING SPIDER; PHYLOGENY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEOIDEA; DEINOPOIDEA;

EID: 0031923099     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01641.x     Document Type: Article

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