Evolvability is best addressed from a multi-level, macroevolutionary perspective through a
comparative approach that tests for among-clade differences in phenotypic diversification in …

Evolutionary adaptation to novel, specialized modes of life is often associated with a close
mapping of form to the new function, resulting in narrow morphological disparity. For bivalve …

Migration can have a profound influence on rates and patterns of phenotypic evolution.
Diadromy is the migration between marine and freshwater habitats for feeding and …

Determining how variation in morphology affects animal performance (and ultimately fitness)
is key to understanding the complete process of evolutionary adaptation. Long tails have …

Adaptive radiations are characterized by the diversification and ecological differentiation of
species, and replicated cases of this process provide natural experiments for understanding …

Conflation between omnivory and dietary generalism limits ecological and evolutionary
analyses of diet, including estimating contributions to speciation and diversification …

Communities that occupy similar environments but vary in the richness of closely related
species can illuminate how functional variation and species richness interact to fill …

Ecological systems are complex. Therefore, scientists rely on statistical tools to infer patterns
and causation into their data. This has traditionally been done by employing a frequentist …

Life's diversity is not spread evenly across all lineages, and this unevenness is thought to be
due, in part, to a few interwoven factors: biogeographic history, the evolution of successful …