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Comment
. 2009 Mar 22;276(1659):993-4; discussion 995-7.
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1249.

Problems detecting density-dependent diversification on phylogenies

Folmer Bokma  1
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Problems detecting density-dependent diversification on phylogenies

Folmer Bokma. Proc Biol Sci. .
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Figure 1
Actual number of species (nt, solid line) in a clade and the number of lineages (Nt, dotted line) in a perfectly reconstructed phylogeny of the 25 species that exist at present. The clade was simulated with a speciation rate of 0.5 and an extinction rate of 0.45 over time 15.
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