How is the rate of climatic-niche evolution related to climatic-niche breadth?

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3836-3851

  Fisher Reid, M Caitlin ^a   Kozak, Kenneth H ^b   Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climate; Niche conservatism; Niche evolution; Phylogeny; Plethodontidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESEARCH WORK; SEASONALITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; URODELA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84870552234     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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