Phylogenetic estimates of speciation and extinction rates for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 729-736

  Pyron, R Alexander ^a   Burbrink, Frank T ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Diversity dependence; Ecology; Evolution; Extinction; Phylogenies; Speciation; Systematics; Traits

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE METHODS; DIVERSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENIES; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXONOMY; TRAITS;

COMPARATIVE METHODS; DIVERSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENIES; SPECIATION; SYSTEMATICS; TRAITS;

ECOLOGY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84888132475     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.09.007     Document Type: Review

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