Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: Speciation, extinction and biogeography

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-331

  Mittelbach, Gary G ^a   Schemske, Douglas W ^a   Cornell, Howard V ^b   Allen, Andrew P ^c   Brown, Jonathan M ^d   Bush, Mark B ^e   Harrison, Susan P ^b   Hurlbert, Allen H ^c   Knowlton, Nancy ^f   Lessios, Harilaos A ^g   McCain, Christy M ^c   McCune, Amy R ^h   McDade, Lucinda A ⁱ   McPeek, Mark A ^j   Near, Thomas J ^k   Price, Trevor D ^l   Ricklefs, Robert E ^m   Roy, Kaustuv ⁿ   Sax, Dov F ^o   Schluter, Dolph ^p   Sobel, James M ^a   Turelli, Michael ^b   more..

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Dartmouth College   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biotic interactions; Diversification; Evolutionary speed; Extinction; Geographical isolation; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Speciation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; DIVERSITY INDEX; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33947288482     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01020.x     Document Type: Review

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