Global variation in the diversification rate of passerine birds

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2468-2478

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clades; Diversification; Extinction; Global variation; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Passerine birds; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; SONGBIRD; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PASSERIFORMES; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33749842788     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2468:GVITDR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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