The new and emerging field of phylogenetic paleoecology leverages the evolutionary
relationships among species to explain temporal and spatial changes in species diversity …

Horses are a classic example of macroevolution in three major traits—large body size, tall-
crowned teeth (hypsodonty), and a single toe (monodactyly)—but how and why monodactyly …

Abstract The Carboniferous–Permian transition (CPT) was Earth's last pre-Quaternary
icehouse–greenhouse transition, recording major shifts in late Palaeozoic climate regimes …

It has been argued that, throughout the Mesozoic, the immature growth forms of
megaherbivorous dinosaurs competitively excluded small herbivorous dinosaur species …

Integrating phylogenetic biology with paleoecology can provide a valuable context for
understanding patterns of community structure and niche partitioning in ancient ecosystems …

In the absence of independent observational data, ecologists and paleoecologists use
proxies for the Eltonian niches of species (ie, the resource or dietary axes of the niche) …

Species richness varies among clades, yet the drivers of diversification creating this
variation remain poorly understood. While abiotic factors likely drive some of the variation in …

Ecometric patterning is community-level sorting of functional traits along environmental
gradients that arises historically by geographic sorting, trait evolution, and extinction. We …

Extinction risk in the modern world and extinction in the geological past are often linked to
aspects of life history or other facets of biology that are phylogenetically conserved within …

The classic traits of modern horses (Equidae)–large body size, high-crowned teeth
(hypsodonty), and a single toe (monodactyly)–are often considered adaptations to grassland …