Geographical range size heritability: What do neutral models with different modes of speciation predict?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-380

  Mouillot, David ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Gene flow; Metacommunity; Niche conservatism; Randomization tests; Species range size; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE FLOW; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE SIZE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 34247154820     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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