Evolutionary Time for Dispersal Limits the Extent but Not the Occupancy of Species' Potential Ranges in the Tropical Plant Genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae)

Explaining the diversity in geographic range sizes among species is a central goal of ecological and evolutionary studies. We tested species age as an explanation of range size variation within a group of understory shrubs in the Neotropics (Psychotria subgenus Psychotria, Rubiaceae). We distinguish...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American naturalist 2009-02, Vol.173 (2), p.188-199
Hauptverfasser: Paul, John R., Morton, Cynthia, Taylor, Charlotte M., Tonsor, Stephen J.
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