Extinction, ecological opportunity, and the origins of global snake diversity

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-178

  Pyron, R Alexander ^a   Burbrink, Frank T ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade size; Diversification rates; Diversity regulation; Ecological limits; Extinction; Global biodiversity; Snakes; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; SNAKE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; SNAKES;

COLUBROIDEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84855275864     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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