Diversification rates and the latitudinal gradient of diversity in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1745, 2012, Pages 4148-4155

  Soria Carrasco, Víctor ^a,b   Castresana, Jose ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Diversification; Latitudinal gradient of diversity; Mammals; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866055950     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1393     Document Type: Article

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