Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-268

  Botero, Carlos A ^a   Dor, Roi ^b,c   McCain, Christy M ^b   Safran, Rebecca J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate and evolution; Comparative biology; Latitudinal diversity gradients; Raciation; Subspeciation; Subspecies richness

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84891837204     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12572     Document Type: Review

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