Paleotree: An R package for paleontological and phylogenetic analyses of evolution

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 803-807

  Bapst, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth death models; Comparative methods; Diversification; Macroevolution; Paleobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875234698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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