Interspecific geographic range size-body size relationship and the diversification dynamics of Neotropical furnariid birds

Evolution ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1124-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Inostroza-Michael ◽  
Cristián E. Hernández ◽  
Enrique Rodríguez-Serrano ◽  
Jorge Avaria-Llautureo ◽  
Marcelo M. Rivadeneira
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Size Relationship ◽  
Geographic Range Size

Macroecology, geographic range size–body size relationship and minimum viable population analysis for new world carnivora

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho ◽  
Priscilla Carvalho ◽  
Luis Mauricio Bini ◽  
Natália Mundim Tôrres
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
New World ◽  
Population Analysis ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Size Relationship ◽  
Geographic Range Size ◽  
Viable Population ◽  
Minimum Viable Population

Occupancy, range size, and phylogeny in Eurasian Pliocene to Recent large mammals

Paleobiology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Carotenuto ◽  
Carmela Barbera ◽  
Pasquale Raia
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
Phylogenetic Signal ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Geographic Range Size ◽  
Western Eurasia ◽  
Species Occupancy

Temporal patterns in species occupancy and geographic range size are a major topic in evolutionary ecology research. Here we investigate these patterns in Pliocene to Recent large mammal species and genera in Western Eurasia. By using an extensively sampled fossil record including some 700 fossil localities, we found occupancy and range size trajectories over time to be predominantly peaked among both species and genera, meaning that occupancy and range size reached their maxima midway along taxon existence. These metrics are strongly correlated with each other and to body size, after phylogeny is accounted for by using two different phylogenetic topologies for both species and genera. Phylogenetic signal is strong in body size, and weaker but significant in both occupancy and range size mean values among genera, indicating that these variables are heritable. The intensity of phylogenetic signal is much weaker and often not significant at the species level. This suggests that within genera, occupancy and range size are somewhat variable. However, sister taxa inherit geographic position (the center of their geographic distribution). Taken together, the latter two results indicate that sister species occupy similar positions on the earth's surface, and that the expansion of the geographic range during the existence of a given genus is driven by range expansion of one or more of the species it includes, rather than simply being the summation of these species ranges.

scholarly journals Why do bugs perish? Range size and local vulnerability traits as surrogates of Odonata extinction risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1924) ◽  
pp. 20192645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Rocha-Ortega ◽  
Pilar Rodríguez ◽  
Jason Bried ◽  
John Abbott ◽  
Alex Córdoba-Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Volcanic System ◽  
Thermal Limits ◽  
Geographic Range Size ◽  
Insect Decline ◽  
Local Extirpation

Despite claims of an insect decline worldwide, our understanding of extinction risk in insects is incomplete. Using bionomic data of all odonate (603 dragonflies and damselflies) North American species, we assessed (i) regional extinction risk and whether this is related to local extirpation; (ii) whether these two patterns are similar altitudinally and latitudinally; and (iii) the areas of conservation concern. We used geographic range size as a predictor of regional extinction risk and body size, thermal limits and habitat association as predictors of local extirpation. We found that (i) greater regional extinction risk is related to narrow thermal limits, lotic habitat use and large body size (this in damselflies but not dragonflies); (ii) southern species are more climate tolerant but with more limited geographic range size than northern species; and (iii) two priority areas for odonate conservation are the cold temperate to sub-boreal northeastern USA and the transversal neo-volcanic system. Our approach can be used to estimate insect extinction risk as it compensates for the lack of abundance data.

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