Rapid diversification and not clade age explains high diversity in neotropical Adelpha butterflies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1713, 2011, Pages 1777-1785

  Mullen, Sean P ^a   Savage, Wesley K ^a   Wahlberg, Niklas ^b   Willmott, Keith R ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence times; Diversification rates; Limenitidini; Neotropics; Phylogeny; Species richness

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BUTTERFLY; DIVERSITY INDEX; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BUTTERFLY; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE; GENETICS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENES, INSECT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADELPHA; LIMENITIDINI; PAPILIONOIDEA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 79955763717     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2140     Document Type: Article

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