Are rates of species diversification correlated with rates of morphological evolution?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1668, 2009, Pages 2729-2738

  Adams, Dean C ^a   Berns, Chelsea M ^a   Kozak, Kenneth H ^b   Wiens, John J ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Evolution; Morphology; Phylogeny; Salamanders; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY;

PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 67650898630     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0543     Document Type: Article

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