Nonstochastic variation of species-level diversification rates within angiosperms

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 460-479

  Sims, Hallie J ^a   McConway, Kevin J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Diversity; Evolutionary rates; Likelihood; Taxon pairs

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ASTERIDS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ROSIDAE;

EID: 0037363453     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01538.x     Document Type: Article

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