Being in the right place at the right time? Parallel diversification bursts favored by the persistence of ancient epizoochorous traits and hidden factors in Cynoglossoideae.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1251
Abstract: PREMISE OF THE STUDY Long-distance dispersal (LDD) syndromes, especially endozoochory, facilitate plant colonization of new territories that trigger diversification. However, few studies have analyzed how epizoochorous fruits influence both range distribution and diversification rates. We… read more here.
Keywords: diversification; time; epizoochorous traits; diversification rates ... See more keywords
Paleoclimate determines diversification patterns in the fossorial snake family Uropeltidae Cuvier, 1829.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.08.017
Abstract: Understanding how and why diversification rates vary across evolutionary time is central to understanding how biodiversity is generated and maintained. Recent mathematical models that allow estimation of diversification rates across time from reconstructed phylogenies have… read more here.
Keywords: snake family; diversification; fossorial snake; diversification rates ... See more keywords
Phylogeny, historical biogeography and diversification rates in an economically important group of Neotropical palms: Tribe Euterpeae.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.030
Abstract: Tribe Euterpeae is an economically and ecologically important group of Neotropical palms (Arecaceae). Some species are hyperdominant in the Neotropics, and many constitute a good source of revenue. To reconstruct the biogeographical history and diversification… read more here.
Keywords: group neotropical; diversification; neotropical palms; tribe euterpeae ... See more keywords
Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87206-1
Abstract: The evolutionary history underlying gradients in species richness is still subject to discussions and understanding the past niche evolution might be crucial in estimating the potential of taxa to adapt to changing environmental conditions. In… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; history; species richness; diversification ... See more keywords
Pulled Diversification Rates, Lineages-Through-Time Plots and Modern Macroevolutionary Modelling.
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DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab083
Abstract: Estimating time-dependent rates of speciation and extinction from dated phylogenetic trees of extant species (timetrees), and determining how and why they vary, is key to understanding how ecological and evolutionary processes shape biodiversity. Due to… read more here.
Keywords: macroevolutionary modelling; phylogenetic trees; diversification; time ... See more keywords
Phylogenomics, Lineage Diversification Rates, and the Evolution of Diadromy in Clupeiformes (Anchovies, Herrings, Sardines, and Relatives).
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DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae022
Abstract: Migration independently evolved numerous times in animals, with a myriad of ecological and evolutionary implications. In fishes, perhaps the most extreme form of migration is diadromy, the migration between marine and freshwater environments. Key and… read more here.
Keywords: lineage diversification; diadromy; diadromous species; diversification ... See more keywords
Global Diversity Patterns are Explained by Diversification Rates and Dispersal at Ancient, not Shallow, Timescales.
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DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaf018
Abstract: Abstract Explaining global species richness patterns is a major goal of evolution, ecology, and biogeography. These richness patterns are often attributed to spatial variation in diversification rates (speciation minus extinction). Surprisingly, prominent studies of birds,… read more here.
Keywords: diversification; diversification rates; richness patterns; diversity patterns ... See more keywords
Dinosaur diversification rates were not in decline prior to the K-Pg boundary
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201195
Abstract: Determining the tempo and mode of non-avian dinosaur extinction is one of the most contentious issues in palaeobiology. Extensive disagreements remain over whether their extinction was catastrophic and geologically instantaneous or the culmination of long-term… read more here.
Keywords: decline prior; dinosaur; dinosaur diversification; diversification rates ... See more keywords
Simpson's tachytely or bradytely? The importance of quantifying rate uncertainty
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DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14442
Abstract: The spectacular variation in species forms and richness across space and time can be explored using sophisticated and powerful tools recently developed by evolutionary modellers. In this contribution, we ask if the classic ‘Simpsonian’ view… read more here.
Keywords: rate; diversification estimates; uncertainty; uncertainty diversification ... See more keywords
Evolutionary time best explains the latitudinal diversity gradient of living freshwater fish diversity
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DOI: 10.1111/geb.13253
Abstract: Aim: The evolutionary causes of the latitudinal diversity gradient are debated. Hypotheses have ultimately invoked either faster rates of diversification in the tropics, or more time for diversification due to the tropical origins of higher… read more here.
Keywords: latitudinal diversity; time; diversity gradient; diversification rates ... See more keywords
Diversity dynamics of microfossils from the Cretaceous to the Neogene show mixed responses to events
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DOI: 10.1111/pala.12615
Abstract: Microfossils have a ubiquitous and well‐studied fossil record with temporally and spatially fluctuating diversity, but how this arises and how major events affect speciation and extinction is uncertain. We present one of the first applications… read more here.
Keywords: microfossils cretaceous; diversification rates; diversification; diversity dynamics ... See more keywords