Rapidly evolving traits and the comparative method: How important is testing for phylogenetic signal?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-396

  Rheindt, Frank E ^a,b   Grafe, T Ulmar ^b   Abouheif, Ehab ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird song; Habitat; Phylogenetic autocorrelation; Phylogenetically based comparative methods; Rapid evolution

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 16544389881     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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