A simple measure of the strength of convergent evolution

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 685-693

  Arbuckle, Kevin ^a   Bennett, Cheryl M ^a   Speed, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Convergence; Evolutionary processes; Functional ecomorphology; Phenotypic evolution; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904329335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12195     Document Type: Article

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