Prolonging the past counteracts the pull of the present: Protracted speciation can explain observed slowdowns in diversification

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-213

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Rosindell, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth death model; diversity dependence; protracted speciation; pull of the present; pull of the recent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

AVES;

EID: 84857283951     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr091     Document Type: Article

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