Trait-dependent diversification and the impact of palaeontological data on evolutionary hypothesis testing in New World ratsnakes (tribe Lampropeltini)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 497-508

  Pyron, R A ^a   Burbrink, F 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

Ancestral character states; Comparative methods; Diversification rates; Fossils; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; COLUBRIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; COLUBRIDAE; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COLUBRIDAE;

EID: 84857037266     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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