Relating traits to diversification: A simple test

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-115

  Freckleton, Robert P ^a   Phillimore, Albert B ^b   Pagel, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth death process; Diversification; Extinction; Phylogeny; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41749105351     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588076     Document Type: Article

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