Links between global taxonomic diversity, ecological diversity and the expansion of vertebrates on land

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 544-547

  Sahney, Sarda ^a   Benton, Michael J ^a   Ferry, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Eikonworks   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversity; Ecology; Expansion; Tetrapods; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77957268606     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1024     Document Type: Article

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