Phylogenetic ecology at world scale, a new fusion between ecology and evolution

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological traits of species; Evolution; Fusion; Historical ecology; Phylogeny; World data sets

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PHYLOGENETICS; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33749866884     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[163:peawsa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Short Survey

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