Extant mammal body masses suggest punctuated equilibrium

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1648, 2008, Pages 2195-2199

  Mattila, Tiina M ^a,b   Bokma, Folmer ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Macroevolution; Morphological evolution; Phylogenetics; Speciation; Stasis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 49749098909     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0354     Document Type: Article

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