Testing for latitudinal bias in diversification rates: An example using new world birds

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2278-2287

  Cardillo, Marcel ^a,b   Orme, C David L ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversification; Extinction; Latitudinal diversity gradient; New World birds; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; EXTINCTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AVES; BIAS (BIRD);

EID: 23944464380     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0112     Document Type: Article

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