Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards

MM Muñoz, LO Frishkoff, J Pruett… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Following decades of intensive study, Anolis lizards have emerged as a biological model
system. We review how new research on anoles has advanced our understanding of …

Evolution in a community context: on integrating ecological interactions and macroevolution

MG Weber, CE Wagner, RJ Best, LJ Harmon… - Trends in ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Despite a conceptual understanding that evolution and species interactions are inextricably
linked, it remains challenging to study ecological and evolutionary dynamics together over …

RPANDA: an R package for macroevolutionary analyses on phylogenetic trees

H Morlon, E Lewitus, FL Condamine… - Methods in Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A number of approaches for studying macroevolution using phylogenetic trees have been
developed in the last few years. Here, we present RPANDA, an R package that implements …

Global functional and phylogenetic structure of avian assemblages across elevation and latitude

MA Jarzyna, I Quintero, W Jetz - Ecology Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain systems are exceptionally species rich, yet the associated elevational gradients in
functional and phylogenetic diversity and their consistency across latitude remain little …

The ecological and evolutionary consequences of tropicalisation

KM Zarzyczny, M Rius, ST Williams… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Tropicalisation is a marine phenomenon arising from contemporary climate change, and is
characterised by the range expansion of tropical/subtropical species and the retraction of …

Causes and consequences of behavioral interference between species

GF Grether, KS Peiman, JA Tobias… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Behavioral interference between species, such as territorial aggression, courtship, and
mating, is widespread in animals. While aggressive and reproductive forms of interspecific …

Mechanistic simulation models in macroecology and biogeography: state‐of‐art and prospects

JS Cabral, L Valente, F Hartig - Ecography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Macroecology and biogeography are concerned with understanding biodiversity patterns
across space and time. In the past, the two disciplines have addressed this question mainly …

Ecological interactions and macroevolution: a new field with old roots

DH Hembry, MG Weber - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Linking interspecific interactions (eg, mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism) to
macroevolution (evolutionary change on deep timescales) is a key goal in biology. The role …

The impact of mutualisms on species richness

G Chomicki, M Weber, A Antonelli, J Bascompte… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Mutualisms–cooperative interactions among different species–are known to influence global
biodiversity. Nevertheless, theoretical and empirical work has led to divergent hypotheses …

Key questions and challenges in angiosperm macroevolution

H Sauquet, S Magallón - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 1170 I. Introduction 1170 II. Six key questions 1172 III. Three key
challenges 1177 IV. Conclusions 1181 Acknowledgements 1182 References 1183 …