Phylogenetic biome conservatism as a key concept for an integrative understanding of evolutionary history: Galliformes and Falconiformes as study cases

JS Pelegrin, JL Cantalapiedra… - Zoological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biomes are climatically and biotically distinctive macroecological units that formed over
geological time scales. Their features consolidate them as 'evolutionary scenarios', with their …

Trait-mediated speciation and human-driven extinctions in proboscideans revealed by unsupervised Bayesian neural networks

T Hauffe, JL Cantalapiedra, D Silvestro - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Species life-history traits, paleoenvironment, and biotic interactions likely influence
speciation and extinction rates, affecting species richness over time. Birth-death models …

Vrba was right: Historical climate fragmentation, and not current climate, explains mammal biogeography

S Gamboa, S Galván, S Varela - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate plays a crucial role in shaping species distribution and evolution over time. Dr
Vrba's Resource‐Use hypothesis posited that zones at the extremes of temperature and …

Macroevolutionary processes in turtles (Testudines): a view from biomic specialization and historical climatic changes

JS Thomas, S Gamboa… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The resource-use hypothesis proposed by Elisabeth S. Vrba suggests that lineages display
varying tendencies toward generalism or specialization in biome occupancy, with a …

[HTML][HTML] Introduction to the analysis, synthesis, and comparisons of endemic butterflies in Mexico

M Trujano-Ortega, A Luis-Martínez… - Zootaxa, 2024 - mapress.com
Endemic species are biological singularities whose relevance lies in their unique history
and the information they provide about the history of the area where they are distributed …

Evolution of tails in Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae, Lepidoptera): macro-evolutionary and experimental approaches

A Chotard - 2022 - theses.hal.science
The evolution of butterfly wing shape is driven by multiple selective, phylogenetic and
developmental influences. In my thesis, I focused on the evolution of wing shape in …

[PDF][PDF] Especialización de bioma en passeriformes de la zona de transición entre Indomalasia y Australasia:: implicaciones evolutivas y biogeográficas

R Juidíaz, MH Fernández, IM González - Zubía, 2024 - dialnet.unirioja.es
La hipótesis del uso de los recursos de Elisabeth S. Vrba postula que las especies
responden de manera diferente a los cambios ambientales según su grado de …