MOTMOT: Models of trait macroevolution on trees

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Thomas, Gavin H ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Evolutionary biology; Macroevolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862247666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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