Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal the causes of high tropical amphibian diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1770, 2013, Pages

  Alexander Pyron, R ^a   Wiens, John J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Diversification; Extinction; Latitudinal gradients; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CARRYING CAPACITY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL REGION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84883823099     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1622     Document Type: Article

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