On the dependence of speciation rates on species abundance and characteristic population size

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-128

  Makarieva, Anastassia M ^a   Gorshkov, Victor G ^a  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fixation; Molecular clock; Neutral theory; Population size; Species duration

Indexed keywords

POPULATION SIZE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1842421834     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702569     Document Type: Article

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