Classification tree methods provide a multifactorial approach to predicting insular body size evolution in rodents

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-553

  Durst, Paul A P ^a   Louise Roth, V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Decision tree; Dwarfism; Gigantism; Island rule; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ISLAND; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA;

HETEROMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84858754658     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664611     Document Type: Article

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