Global diversification rates of passerine birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1530, 2003, Pages 2285-2291

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladogenesis; Diversification; Geometric distribution; Key innovation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; PASSERINE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; GENETIC LINE; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0242552327     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2489     Document Type: Article

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