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Phylogenetic estimates of speciation and extinction rates for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Pyron, Robert Alexander Burbrink, Frank T. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Phylogenies are used to estimate rates of speciation and extinction, reconstruct historical diversification scenarios, and link these to ecological and evolutionary factors, such as climate or organismal traits. Recent models can now estimate the effects of binary, multistate, continuous, and biogeographic characters on diversification rates. Others test for diversity dependence (DD) in speciation and extinction, which has become recognized as an important process in numerous clades. A third class incorporates flexible time-dependent functions, enabling reconstruction of major periods of both expanding and contracting diversity. Although there are some potential problems (particularly for estimating extinction), these methods hold promise for answering many classic questions in ecology and evolution, such as the origin of adaptive radiations, and the latitudinal gradient in species richness. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2013.09.007 |
| PubMed reference number | 24120478 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 28 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://home.gwu.edu/~rpyron/publications/Pyron_Burbrink_2013.pdf |
| Journal | Trends in ecology & evolution |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
