What explains patterns of species richness? The relative importance of climatic-niche evolution, morphological evolution, and ecological limits in salamanders

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• salamander 100%
• niche 72%
• species richness 65%
• rate 17%
• evolutionary biology 10%
• test 8%
• amphibian 8%
• multiple regression 7%
• phylogenetics 6%
• ecology 5%
• family 5%
• saturation 5%
• resource 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• salamanders and newts 80%
• niches 66%
• species richness 65%
• Plethodontidae 11%
• animal morphology 9%
• testing 8%
• evolutionary biology 8%
• amphibians 6%
• regression analysis 6%
• body size 6%
• ecology 5%
• phylogeny 4%