History and diversity: Explorations at the intersection of ecology and evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Ecological community; Extinction; Habitat specialization; Lineage through time plot; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EVOLUTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 34547683481     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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