Macroevolutionary thermodynamics: Temperature and the tempo of evolution in the tropics

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Daniel L. Rabosky

* E-mail: drabosky@umich.edu

Affiliation Museum of Zoology & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

The author declares that no competing interests exist.

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