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Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research [PDF]

, 2011
On 9 March, over 150 biologists gathered in London for the Centre for Ecology and Evolution spring symposium, ‘Integrating Ecology into Macroevolutionary Research’.
Albert B. Phillimore, Andy Purvis, Anjali Goswami, Gavin H. Thomas, Hubbell S. P., Hélène Morlon, James Rosindell, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Kisel Y., Luke J. Harmon, Lynsey McInnes, Rosindell J., Samuel T. Turvey, Timothy G. Barraclough, Turvey S. T., William J. Baker   +15 more
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Evolution of sexually selected traits across animals

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Sexual selection is thought to be a major driver of phenotypic diversity and diversification in animals, but large-scale evolutionary patterns in sexually selected (SS) traits remain largely unknown.
E. Tuschhoff, John J. Wiens
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Macroevolution

, 2020
Macroevolution is the study of patterns and processes associated with evolutionary change at and above the species level, and includes investigations of both evolutionary tempo and mode. Tempo refers to the rate or pace of change, whereas mode refers to how that change occurs.
Saupe, E, Myers, C
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Functional tests of the competitive exclusion hypothesis for multituberculate extinction [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Multituberculate mammals thrived during the Mesozoic, but their diversity declined from the mid-late Paleocene onwards, becoming extinct in the late Eocene.
Neil F. Adams, Emily J. Rayfield, Philip G. Cox, Samuel N. Cobb, Ian J. Corfe   +4 more
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How large should whales be? [PDF]

, 2013
The evolution and distribution of species body sizes for terrestrial mammals is well-explained by a macroevolutionary tradeoff between short-term selective advantages and long-term extinction risks from increased species body size, unfolding above the 2g
A Clauset, A Clauset, A Clauset, Aaron Clauset, AD Davidson, AP Martin, B Van Valkenburgh, BE Stewart, BK Ahlborn, BK Ahlborn, BK McNab, CA Long, CR Allen, D Nagorsen, DM Raup, DW McShea, EP White, FA Smith, FA Smith, G Hunt, GB West, GP Wilson, J Alroy, J Alroy, J Alroy, J Koz lowski, J Potvin, JA Goldbogen, JF Downhower, JH Brown, K Van Waerebeek, KP Sebens, LH Liow, M Lomolino, MW Newcomer, OP Pearson, P Borsa, PJ Clapham, PJ Stacey, PJ Stacey, RC Best, Renaud Lambiotte, RR Reeves, SM Stanley, SM Stanley, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TW Cranford, WF Perrin, WF Perrin, WF Perrin, ZX Luo   +56 more
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Macroevolution [PDF]

, 2015
This book is divided in two parts, the first of which shows how, beyond paleontology and systematics, macroevolutionary theories apply key insights from ecology and biogeography, developmental biology, biophysics, molecular phylogenetics and even the sociocultural sciences to explain evolution in deep time.
SERRELLI, EMANUELE, Gontier, N.
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Does haplodiploidy help drive the evolution of insect eusociality?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Understanding the evolution of eusociality in insects has been a long-standing and unsolved challenge in evolutionary biology. For decades, it has been suggested that haplodiploidy plays an important role in the origin of eusociality.
Chinmay Hemant Joshi, John J. Wiens
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Planktic foraminiferal diversity: logistic growth overprinted by a varying environment

Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2016
This study statistically assesses the relationship between the planktic foraminiferal long-term diversity pattern (~170 Ma to Recent) and four major paleobiological diversification models: (i) the ‘Red Queen’ (Van Valen, 1973; Raup et al., 1973), (ii ...
Andrés L. Cárdenas-Rozo, Peter J. Harries   +1 more
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Supply-driven evolution: Mutation bias and trait-fitness distributions can drive macro-evolutionary dynamics

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Many well-documented macro-evolutionary phenomena still challenge current evolutionary theory. Examples include long-term evolutionary trends, major transitions in evolution, conservation of certain biological features such as hox genes, and the episodic
Zhun Ping Xue, Leonid Chindelevitch, Frédéric Guichard   +2 more
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Testing the adaptive radiation hypothesis for the lemurs of Madagascar [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Lemurs, the diverse, endemic primates of Madagascar, are thought to represent a classic example of adaptive radiation. Based on the most complete phylogeny of living and extinct lemurs yet assembled, I tested predictions of adaptive radiation theory by ...
James P. Herrera
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