An evaluation of new parsimony-based versus parametric inference methods in biogeography: A case study using the globally distributed plant family Sapindaceae

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-550

  Buerki, Sven ^a,b   Forest, Félix ^c   Alvarez, Nadir ^d   Nylander, Johan A ^e   Arrigo, Nils ^b   Sanmartín, Isabel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Biogeography; Dispersal extinction cladogenesis; Dispersal vicariance analysis; Divergence times; Historical biogeography; Palaeogeographical scenarios; Parametric methods; Sapindaceae; Speciation models

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC VARIATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VICARIANCE;

SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 79551512054     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02432.x     Document Type: Article

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