Signatures of random and selective mass extinctions in phylogenetic tree balance

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 889-897

  Heard, Stephen B ^a   Mooers, Arne Ø ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Mass extinction; Phylogeny; Speciation; Tree balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036962132     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150290102591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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