Figure 1.

Classification of causes of tree imbalance. Examples of attributes that are commonly discussed in the literature are preceded by '+,' with references in superscript. Mass extinction is shown as both random and deterministic; mass extinctions are stochastic events, but not the type captured by purely neutral ERM models.

Hardy and Cook BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010 10:257   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-257
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