Does niche conservatism promote speciation? A case study in North American salamanders

Agriculture & Biology

• niche conservatism 100%
• salamanders and newts 69%
• lowlands 62%
• niches 57%
• case studies 56%
• Desmognathus 51%
• Plethodon 50%
• allopatric speciation 47%
• Appalachian region 41%
• allopatry 40%
• geographic information systems 40%
• reproductive isolation 36%
• highlands 30%
• indigenous species 27%
• geographical distribution 26%
• vertebrates 24%
• environmental factors 21%
• genetic variation 20%
• new species 20%
• habitats 19%
• phylogeny 18%
• methodology 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• salamander 86%
• niche 62%
• divergence 38%
• allopatry 35%
• North America 34%
• reproductive isolation 33%
• genetic variation 26%
• endemism 25%
• ecological factor 25%
• mountain region 24%
• tropical region 23%
• vertebrate 20%
• new species 19%
• geographic information system 19%
• phylogenetics 18%
• habitat 13%
• modeling 9%
• method 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Urodela 96%
• Politics 80%
• North America 70%
• Reproductive Isolation 60%
• Geographic Information Systems 44%
• Ecosystem 36%
• Genetic Variation 31%
• Vertebrates 29%