Why does diversification slow down?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 190-197

  Moen, Daniel ^a   Morlon, Hélène ^a  

^a CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Biogeography; Diversification; Ecological limits; Extinction; Speciation; Wax wane dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DIFFERENTIATION; EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84897062906     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.01.010     Document Type: Review

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