Correlates of species richness in mammals: Body size, life history, and ecology

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 600-607

  Isaac, Nick J B ^a,c   Jones, Kate E ^a,b,d   Gittleman, John L ^b   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Nested sister clade comparisons; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MAMMAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LITTER SIZE; MAMMALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; PRIMATES;

EID: 17744389666     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429148     Document Type: Article

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