Evolutionary and biogeographic origins of high tropical diversity in old world frogs (ranidae)

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1217-1231

  Wiens, John J ^a   Sukumaran, Jeet ^b   Pyron, R Alexander ^c   Brown, Rafe M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biogeography; Phylogeny; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTION; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FROG; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; RANIDAE;

EID: 64749110945     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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