Phylogenetically clustered extinction risks do not substantially prune the tree of life

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Parhar, Rakesh K ^a   Mooers, Arne Ø ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HERITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE; TREE OF LIFE; TREE PRUNING; YULE TREE; LIFE; PHYLOGENY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LIFE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80051510158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023528     Document Type: Article

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