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Can clade age alone explain the relationship between body size and diversity?

One of the most striking patterns observed among animals is that smaller-bodied taxa are generally much more diverse than larger-bodied taxa. This observation seems to be explained by the mere fact that smaller-bodied taxa tend to have an older evolutionary origin and have therefore had more time to...

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Autores principales: Etienne, Rampal S., de Visser, Sara N., Janzen, Thijs, Olsen, Jeanine L., Olff, Han, Rosindell, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22419989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2011.0075