Are range-size distributions consistent with species-level heritability?

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2216-2226

  Borregaard, Michael K ^a   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^b   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Range evolution; Range size distribution; Range size heritability; Simulation model; Species level selection

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLADISTICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANGE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84863452062     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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