Correlates of species richness in the largest Neotropical amphibian radiation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 931-942

  Gonzalez Voyer, A ^a   Padial, J M ^b,e   Castroviejo Fisher, S ^c,e   De La Riva, I ^d   Vila C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Diversification rates; Montane gradients; Phylogenetic comparative method; Radiation; Species richness; Terrarana

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKIN; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LATIN AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SKIN; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 79955009090     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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