Is speciation driven by species diversity? (Reply)

Brent C. Emerson; Niclas Kolm

doi:10.1038/nature04309

Is speciation driven by species diversity? (Reply)

Brent C. Emerson, Niclas Kolm

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Abstract

Cadena et al.1 question our conclusion that species diversity can positively influence speciation rate on the basis of their analysis of a data set for West Indian land birds, in which an additional variable is added — lineage age. Here we clarify our hypothesis and show why their system is not suitable for testing whether species diversity can drive speciation.

Original language	English
Article number	E2
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04309
Publication status	Published - 2005

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