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Continental Diversification

Continental Diversification is a biogeographical theory that explains the speciation and distribution of insect lineages as a result of the geological separation and climatic differentiation of continental landmasses over evolutionary time.

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Continental breakup and the ordinal diversification of birds and mammals

S. Blair Hedges, Patrick Parker, Charles G. Sibley et al. · Nature · 1996 · 535 citations

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Madagascar as a model region of species diversification

Miguel Vences, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, David R. Vieites et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2009 · 415 citations · Full text

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Continental comparisons of temperate-zone tree species diversity.

Roger Earl Latham, Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter · 1993 · 278 citations

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Patterns of diversification within continental biotas: Hierarchical congruence among the areas of endemism of Australian vertebrates

Joël Cracraft · Australian Systematic Botany · 1991 · 260 citations

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Ecological Opportunity and Incumbency in the Diversification of Repeated Continental Colonizations by Muroid Rodents

John J. Schenk, Kevin C. Rowe, Scott J. Steppan · Systematic Biology · 2013 · 234 citations

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Authors

273

  1. RE
    Robert E. Ricklefs

    University of Missouri–St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 464 citations

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  2. JC
    Joël Cracraft

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    3 publications · 465 citations

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  3. DS
    Daniele Silvestro

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  4. JJ
    John J. Schenk

    Florida State University, United States

    2 publications · 245 citations

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  5. MS
    Mark S. Harvey

    Western Australian Museum, Australia

    2 publications · 82 citations

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Institutions

191

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    826 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    541 citations

  3. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    3 publications

    114 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    824 citations

  7. Museums Victoria

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    765 citations

  8. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    114 citations

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  1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    10 publications · 646 citations

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  2. Journal of Biogeography

    5 publications · 284 citations

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  3. Systematic Biology

    4 publications · 460 citations

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  4. Biology Letters

    3 publications · 140 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 301 citations

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