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Speciation and Extinction Drive the Appearance of Directional Range Size Evolution in Phylogenies and the Fossil Record

While the geographic range of a species is a fundamental unit of macroecology and a leading predictor of extinction risk, the evolutionary dynamics of species' ranges remain poorly understood. Based on statistical associations between range size and species age, many studies have claimed suppor...

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Autores principales: Pigot, Alex L., Owens, Ian P. F., Orme, C. David L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22371689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001260