Phylogenetic signal in primate behaviour, ecology and life history

JM Kamilar, N Cooper - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Examining biological diversity in an explicitly evolutionary context has been the subject of
research for several decades, yet relatively recent advances in analytical techniques and the …

[HTML][HTML] Are phylogenies resolved at the genus level appropriate for studies on phylogenetic structure of species assemblages?

H Qian, Y Jin - Plant Diversity, 2021 - Elsevier
Phylogenies are essential to studies investigating the effect of evolutionary history on
assembly of species in ecological communities and geographical and ecological patterns of …

Madagascar: a history of arrivals, what happened, and will happen next

RE Dewar, AF Richard - Annual Review of Anthropology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Most of the ancestors of today's human and animal populations reached Madagascar over
the last 65 million years, by a variety of routes at a variety of times. Settlers encountered a …

Cenozoic imprints on the phylogenetic structure of palm species assemblages worldwide

WD Kissling, WL Eiserhardt, WJ Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Despite long-standing interest in the origin and maintenance of species diversity, little is
known about historical drivers of species assemblage structure at large spatiotemporal …

Factors influencing terrestriality in primates of the Americas and Madagascar

TM Eppley, S Hoeks, CA Chapman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Among mammals, the order Primates is exceptional in having a high taxonomic richness in
which the taxa are arboreal, semiterrestrial, or terrestrial. Although habitual terrestriality is …

Patterns and drivers of phylogenetic structure of pteridophytes in China

H Qian, M Kessler, T Deng, Y Jin - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Previous studies have found strikingly different geographical patterns of phylogenetic
diversity of gymnosperms and angiosperms, which have been suggested to result, in part …

Interspecific variation in primate coat colour supports Gloger's rule

JM Kamilar, BJ Bradley - Journal of Biogeography, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim In 1833, CL Gloger observed that bird populations living in warm and wet
habitats were darker than those found in dry, cool areas. However, this hypothesis has …

Spatial patterns and climatic drivers of phylogenetic structure for ferns along the longest elevational gradient in the world

H Qian, M Kessler, Y Jin - Ecography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many biodiversity hotspots are located in montane regions, thus, understanding the
underlying mechanisms driving species assembly along elevational gradients is of major …

Evolutionary and ecological causes of species richness patterns in North American angiosperm trees

H Qian, JJ Wiens, J Zhang, Y Zhang - Ecography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate and evolutionary factors (eg diversification, time‐for‐speciation, niche conservatism)
are both thought to be major drivers of species richness in regional assemblages. However …

The climatic niche diversity of Malagasy primates: a phylogenetic perspective

JM Kamilar, KM Muldoon - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Numerous researchers have posited that there should be a strong negative
relationship between the evolutionary distance among species and their ecological …