The structure of ecological networks across levels of organization

PR Guimaraes Jr - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Interactions connect the units of ecological systems, forming networks. Individual-based
networks characterize variation in niches among individuals within populations. These …

Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro-and macroevolution

J Rolland, LF Henao-Diaz, M Doebeli… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Explaining broad molecular, phenotypic and species biodiversity patterns necessitates a
unifying framework spanning multiple evolutionary scales. Here we argue that although …

The rise of angiosperms pushed conifers to decline during global cooling

FL Condamine, D Silvestro… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Competition among species and entire clades can impact species diversification and
extinction, which can shape macroevolutionary patterns. The fossil record shows successive …

Ecological opportunity and adaptive radiation

JT Stroud, JB Losos - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The process of adaptive radiation—the proliferation of species from a single ancestor and
diversification into many ecologically different forms—has been of great interest to …

Diversification in vipers: Phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence and shifts in speciation rates

LRV Alencar, TB Quental, FG Grazziotin… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Snakes of the cosmopolitan family Viperidae comprise around 329 venomous species
showing a striking heterogeneity in species richness among lineages. While the subfamily …

Is BAMM flawed? Theoretical and practical concerns in the analysis of multi-rate diversification models

DL Rabosky, JS Mitchell, J Chang - Systematic biology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Bayesian analysis of macroevolutionary mixtures (BAMM) is a statistical framework that uses
reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo to infer complex macroevolutionary dynamics of …

Five palaeobiological laws needed to understand the evolution of the living biota

CR Marshall - Nature ecology & evolution, 2017 - nature.com
The foundations of several disciplines can be expressed as simple quantitative laws, for
example, Newton's laws or the laws of thermodynamics. Here I present five laws derived …

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 …

The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution buffered ants against extinction

C Jouault, FL Condamine… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
With~ 14,000 extant species, ants are ubiquitous and of tremendous ecological importance.
They have undergone remarkable diversification throughout their evolutionary history …

[HTML][HTML] Dinosaur biodiversity declined well before the asteroid impact, influenced by ecological and environmental pressures

FL Condamine, G Guinot, MJ Benton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The question why non-avian dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago (Ma) remains
unresolved because of the coarseness of the fossil record. A sudden extinction caused by …