Macroevolutionary processes and biomic specialization: Testing the resource-use hypothesis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-219

  Fernández, Manuel Hernández ^a,b,c   Vrba, Elisabeth S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Bioclimatology; Ecological specialization; Macroecology; Macroevolution; Mammalia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GENERALIST; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROECOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 24944480093     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-004-8152-7     Document Type: Article

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