The role of geography and ecology in speciation are often discussed in the context of
phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC), the propensity of lineages to retain ancestral niche …

Systematically quantifying diversity across landscapes is necessary to understand how
clade history and ecological heterogeneity contribute to the origin, distribution, and …

Aim Across angiosperm families, the area occupied by a family is strongly correlated with its
richness. We explore the causes of this area‐richness correlation using the cosmopolitan …

Ecological opportunity has been associated with increases in diversification rates across the
tree of life. Under an ecological diversification model, the emergence of novel environments …

Premise of the Study We used spatial phylogenetics to analyze the assembly of the
Wisconsin flora, linking processes of dispersal and niche evolution to spatial patterns of …

Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) typically refers to the tendency of closely related
species to be more similar to each other in terms of niche than they are to more distant …

Background and aims–Ecological niche conservatism describes the tendency of
phylogenetically related species to maintain the characteristics of their ancestral …

Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) is the tendency of lineages to retain their niche‐
related traits through speciation events. A recent surge in the availability of well‐sampled …

Question Community phylogenetic approaches can provide information on the ecological
forces structuring plant community composition. For example, assuming evolutionary …

We addressed the classic question of whether community diversity is determined from the
bottom up by the breadth and partitioning of niche space or from the top down by historical …