Testing the link between the latitudinal gradient in species richness and rates of molecular evolution

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-207

  Bromham, Lindell ^a,b   Cardillo, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Independent contrasts; Molecular clocks; Phylogeny; Relative rates tests

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE; DNA PROBES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY;

AVES;

EID: 0037371139     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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