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Joseph A Tobias1, John M Bates, Shannon J Hackett
1Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. joseph.tobias@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 16, 2008
Resumen
Las tasas de especiación recientes pueden no disminuir hacia los trópicos como se sugirió anteriormente. Los posibles sesgos en los datos y la metodología taxonómicos podrían subestimar la diversificación en latitudes más bajas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ecología Ecología Ecología.
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
- Biodiversidad Ciencia Ciencia de la biodiversidad.
Sus antecedentes:
- Un estudio anterior sugirió que las tasas de especiación disminuyen hacia los trópicos en función de las distribuciones por edad de las especies hermanas.
- Este estudio evalúa críticamente la metodología y los datos utilizados en esa estimación previa.
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