The ecological dynamics of clade diversification and community assembly

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  McPeek, Mark A ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clade diversification; Extinction; Macroevolution; Metacommunity; Phylogenetic rates; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 56849086553     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593137     Document Type: Article

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