Diversity and Evolution of Body Size in Fishes

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-340

  Albert, James S ^a   Johnson, Derek M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Character evolution; Cope's rule; Darwins; Evolutionary rates; Macroecology; Macroevolution; Metabolic theory; Paleontology; Skewness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PISCES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865554453     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9149-0     Document Type: Article

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