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Progress to extinction: increased specialisation causes the demise of animal clades

Animal clades tend to follow a predictable path of waxing and waning during their existence, regardless of their total species richness or geographic coverage. Clades begin small and undifferentiated, then expand to a peak in diversity and range, only to shift into a rarely broken decline towards ex...

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Autores principales: Raia, P., Carotenuto, F., Mondanaro, A., Castiglione, S., Passaro, F., Saggese, F., Melchionna, M., Serio, C., Alessio, L., Silvestro, D., Fortelius, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27507121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep30965