On age and species richness of higher taxa

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-455

  Stadler, Tanja ^a   Rabosky, Daniel L ^b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^c   Bokma, Folmer ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth death process; Diversification; Macroevolution; Phylogenetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AGE; MACROECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907144273     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: 15375323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677676     Document Type: Article

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