Phylogenetic approaches for studying diversification

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 508-525

  Morlon, Hélène ^a  

^a CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Birth death models; Cladogenesis; Diversity dynamics; Extinction; Speciation; Stochastic biodiversity models

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH-DEATH MODELS; CLADOGENESIS; DIVERSITY DYNAMICS; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STOCHASTIC BIODIVERSITY MODELS;

BIRTH-DEATH MODELS; CLADOGENESIS; DIVERSITY DYNAMICS; EXTINCTION; SPECIATION; STOCHASTIC BIODIVERSITY MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84895559394     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12251     Document Type: Review

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