Cope's law of the unspecialized, cope's rule, and weak directionality in evolution

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 747-756

  Raia, Pasquale ^a   Fortelius, Mikael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size; Cope's Law of the Unspecialized; Cope's Rule; Ecological specialization; Weak directionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894223875     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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