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BMC Biology, 2012 Background Although it has proven to be an important foundation for investigations of carnivoran ecology, biology and evolution, the complete species-level supertree for Carnivora of Bininda-Emonds et al. is showing its age. Additional, largely molecular
Nyakatura Katrin, Bininda-Emonds Olaf RP
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Generalized graphical mixed models connect ecological theory with widely used statistical models
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 1290-1302, April 2026.Abstract Ecological dynamics are often analysed across multiple sites, times, and variables. Ecologists typically represent interactions across space, time, and variables using generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs), generalized additive models (GAM), and structural equation models (SEM).
James T. Thorson
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Clownfishes evolution below and above the species level. [PDF]
, 2018 The difference between rapid morphological evolutionary changes observed in populations and the long periods of stasis detected in the fossil record has raised a decade-long debate about the exact role played by intraspecific mechanisms at the ...
Faye, L. +4 more
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Soft inheritance: challenging the modern synthesis
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008 This paper presents some of the recent challenges to the Modern Synthesis of evolutionary theory, which has dominated evolutionary thinking for the last sixty years.
Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb
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Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Aim The assembly of tropical tree floras is complex, involving many lineage‐specific histories; however, focusing on the biogeographic history of diverse clades can reveal general patterns. We investigated the historical biogeography of the ecologically important Brazil nut clade (Lecythidoideae) to: (1) expand prior phylogenies with greater ...
Diana Medellín‐Zabala +8 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionThe resource-use hypothesis proposed by Elisabeth S. Vrba suggests that lineages display varying tendencies toward generalism or specialization in biome occupancy, with a tendency towards the accumulation of specialists due to their higher rate of ...
Juan S. Thomas +5 more
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Animal emergence during Snowball Earths by thermosynthesis in submarine hydrothermal vents [PDF]
, 2009 Darwin already commented on the lateness in the fossil record of the emergence of the animals, calling it a valid argument against his theory of evolution^1^.
Anthonie W. J. Muller
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Species richness, habitable volume, and species densities in freshwater, the sea, and on land
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2012 Approximately 0.5–2.0 million eukaryotic species inhabit the seas, whereas 2.0–10.0 million inhabit freshwater or the land. Much has been made of this several-fold difference in species richness but there is little consensus about the causes. Here, I ask
Michael N Dawson
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Rapid radiations underlie most of the known diversity of life
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRapid radiations, including adaptive radiations, are of considerable interest to evolutionary biologists, in large part because they are thought to underlie much of the species diversity of life.
John J. Wiens, Daniel S. Moen
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Aim Protecting phylogenetic diversity (PD) has been advocated as a basis for spatial conservation planning. However, phylogenetic branch lengths can vary substantially depending on methodological choices made during the inference of phylogeny and divergence times, and little is known about the sensitivity of spatial patterns of PD to these ...
Mina Kearns +3 more
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