Evolutionary and ecological causes of the latitudinal diversity gradient in hylid frogs: Treefrog trees unearth the roots of high tropical diversity

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 579-596

  Wiens, John J ^a   Graham, Catherine H ^a   Moen, Daniel S ^a   Smith, Sarah A ^a   Reeder, Tod W ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biogeography; Latitudinal gradient; Niche conservatism; Phylogeny; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FROG; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FROGS AND TOADS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 33750945167     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507882     Document Type: Review

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