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
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
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
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
Muroid rodent phylogenetics: 900-species tree reveals increasing diversification rates
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183070
Abstract: We combined new sequence data for more than 300 muroid rodent species with our previously published sequences for up to five nuclear and one mitochondrial genes to generate the most widely and densely sampled hypothesis… read more here.
Keywords: rodent phylogenetics; muroid rodent; diversification; diversification rates ... See more keywords