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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283545?pdf=render |