Phylogenetic comparative methods and the geographic range size - Body size relationship in new world terrestrial carnivora

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-367

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   Tôrres, Natália Mundim ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Carnivora; Geographic range size; Macroecology; Ornstein Uhlenbeck (OU) process; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; EVOLUTION; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE;

CARNIVORA; PSITTIROSTRA PSITTACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036397485     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020210321776     Document Type: Article

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