Explaining species richness from continents to communities: The time-for-speciation effect in emydid turtles

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 112-128

  Stephens, Patrick R ^a,b,c   Wiens, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emydidae; Macroecology; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

MACROECOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037249939     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345091     Document Type: Article

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