Model adequacy and the macroevolution of angiosperm functional traits

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E33-E50

  Pennell, Matthew W ^a   Fitzjohn, Richard G ^b   Cornwell, William K ^c   Harmon, Luke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiosperm functional traits; Independent contrasts; Model adequacy; Phylogenetic comparative methods

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; MODEL TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84937066947     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: 15375323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682022     Document Type: Article

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