In the light of evolution II: Biodiversity and extinction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 11453-11457

  Avise, John C ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^b   Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT;

EID: 50049117484     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802504105     Document Type: Article

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