The evolutionary reality of higher taxa in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1783, 2014, Pages

  Humphreys, Aelys M ^a,b   Barraclough, Timothy G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Artiodactyla; Carnivora; Diversification; Lagomorpha; Perissodactyla

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

BIRTH RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; PERIODICITY; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902665857     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2750     Document Type: Article

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