Phylogenetic history underlies elevational biodiversity patterns in tropical salamanders

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1612, 2007, Pages 919-928

  Wiens, John J ^a   Parra Olea, Gabriela ^b   García París, Mario ^c   Wake, David B ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biodiversity; Elevation; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DNA; ELEVATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICS; ALTITUDE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URODELA;

EID: 34247843683     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0301     Document Type: Article

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