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The Phylogenetic Limits to Diversity-Dependent Diversification
Systematic Biology, 2022 Abstract While the theory of micro-evolution by natural selection assigns a crucial role to competition, its role in macroevolution is less clear. Phylogenetic evidence for a decelerating accumulation of lineages suggests a feedback of lineage diversity on diversification. However, does this feedback only occur between close relatives,
Rampal S Etienne +5 more
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hillR: taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and similarity through Hill Numbers
Journal of Open Source Software, 2018 A unified framework to calculate biodiversity of ecological communities through Hill numbers (Hill, 1973; Jost, 2006) was recently proposed by Chao, Chiu, & Jost (2014). This framework can be applied to three facets of biodiversity: taxonomic, functional,
Daijiang Li
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Pinworms of the red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) in Colombia. Gathering the pieces of the pinworm-primate puzzle [PDF]
, 2020 Pinworms of primates are believed to be highly host specific parasites, forming co-evolutionary associations with their hosts. In order to assess the strength and reach of such evolutionary links, we need to have a broad understanding of the pinworm ...
Ospina, A. L. +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The Western Ghats (WG) mountain chain in peninsular India is a global biodiversity hotspot, one in which patterns of phylogenetic diversity and endemism remain to be documented across taxa. We used a well‐characterized community of ancient soil predatory
D. K. Bharti +3 more
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Soil microbes drive phylogenetic diversity-productivity relationships in a subtropical forest
Science Advances, 2019 Forest communities with more distantly related trees have higher productivity, which is regulated by soil fungal pathogens. The relationship between plant diversity and productivity and the mechanisms underpinning that relationship remain poorly resolved
Minxia Liang +7 more
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Combinatorial properties of phylogenetic diversity indices [PDF]
Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2019 Phylogenetic diversity indices provide a formal way to apportion 'evolutionary heritage' across species. Two natural diversity indices are Fair Proportion (FP) and Equal Splits (ES). FP is also called 'evolutionary distinctiveness' and, for rooted trees, is identical to the Shapley Value (SV), which arises from cooperative game theory.
Kristina Wicke, Mike Steel
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PlantsThe investigation of taxonomic diversity within island plant communities stands as a central focus in the field of island biogeography. Phylogenetic diversity is crucial for unraveling the evolutionary history, ecological functions, and species ...
Bo Chen +12 more
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Journal of Ecology, 2021 Forest biodiversity world‐wide is affected by climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation, and today 20% of the forest area is located within 100 m of a forest edge.
K. De Pauw +25 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Despite frogs avoiding low temperatures, examination of four salamander species revealed that none avoided cold and all possessed cold tolerance. Functional analysis of TRPM8, a cold sensor, showed that all salamander TRPM8s had lost their cold sensitivity.
Tadahiro Sawao +3 more
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Continental scale patterns and predictors of fern richness and phylogenetic diversity
Frontiers in Genetics, 2015 Because ferns have a wide range of habitat preferences and are widely distributed, they are an ideal group for understanding how diversity is distributed.
Nathalie eNagalingum +6 more
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