A common tendency for phylogenetic overdispersion in mammalian assemblages

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1646, 2008, Pages 2031-2037

  Cooper, Natalie ^a,b   Rodríguez, Jesús ^c   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community phylogenetics; Monkey; Nearest taxon index; Net relatedness index; Possum; Squirrel

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONVERGENCE; MARSUPIAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RELATEDNESS; RODENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALASIAN POSSUM; CLADISTICS; COMPETITION; HABITAT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICAN GROUND SQUIRREL; PHYLOGENETIC OVERDISPERSION; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL; TAXON;

MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 47249163180     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0420     Document Type: Article

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