On the size distribution of live genera

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-135

  Reed, William J ^a   Hughes, Barry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICISM; GENUS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEW GENUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0036387026     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3009     Document Type: Article

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