scholarly journals A null biogeographical test for assessing ecological niche evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1331-1343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Nunes ◽  
Richard G. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Niche Evolution

scholarly journals The role of ecological niche evolution on diversification patterns of birds distinctly distributed between the Amazonia and Atlantic rainforests

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. e0238729
Author(s):  
Ricardo Ribeiro da Silva ◽  
Bruno Vilela ◽  
Daniel Paiva Silva ◽  
André Felipe Alves de Andrade ◽  
Pablo Vieira Cerqueira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Niche Evolution

scholarly journals New distributional opportunities with niche innovation in Eurasian snowfinches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlon E. Cobos ◽  
Yalin Cheng ◽  
Gang Song ◽  
Fumin Lei ◽  
A. Townsend Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Range Expansion ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Niche Conservatism ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Precipitation Characteristics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Analytical Approaches ◽  
Distributional Potential

This study explores the evolutionary history of ecological niche characters in the Eurasian snowfinch lineage. Specifically, we use new analytical approaches to reconstruct ecological niche evolution, taking uncertainty in knowledge of the ecological niche limits into account. We found an overall pattern of niche conservatism in relation to both temperature and precipitation characteristics of niches, but for one dramatic niche evolution event, in Montifringilla nivalis. Interestingly, this species is also that which has by far the broadest geographic distribution among snowfinches. We conclude that an evolutionary change in niche characteristics perhaps within M. nivalis (i.e., present in some and not all of its populations) made possible the broad, westward range expansion of that species, thus changing the distributional potential of the snowfinch lineage dramatically.

Pliocene-Pleistocene ecological niche evolution shapes the phylogeography of a Mediterranean plant group

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1696-1713 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Benítez-Benítez ◽  
M. Escudero ◽  
F. Rodríguez-Sánchez ◽  
S. Martín-Bravo ◽  
P. Jiménez-Mejías
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
Plant Group ◽  
Mediterranean Plant

scholarly journals Mastering the difficulties presented by the peculiarities of island life. A commentary on: ‘Reconstruction of the spatio-temporal diversification and ecological niche evolution ofHelianthemum(Cistaceae) in the Canary Islands using genotyping-by-sequence data’

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. iii-iv
Author(s):  
Mark Carine
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Genotyping By Sequencing ◽  
Sequencing Data ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
Spatio Temporal

This article comments on:Rafael G. Albaladejo, Sara Martín-Hernanz, J. Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, María Olangua-Corral and Abelardo Aparicio Reconstruction of the spatio-temporal diversification and ecological niche evolution of Helianthemum (Cistaceae) in the Canary Islands using genotyping-by-sequencing data, Annals of Botany, Volume 127, Issue 5, 16 April 2021, Pages 597–611, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa090

scholarly journals Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus

2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1852) ◽  
pp. 20170208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Pitteloud ◽  
Nils Arrigo ◽  
Tomasz Suchan ◽  
Alicia Mastretta-Yanes ◽  
Roger Vila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Scale ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Niche Differentiation ◽  
Evolutionary Rates ◽  
Evolutionary Significance ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
Ecological Divergence ◽  
Climatic Niche ◽  
Biogeographic Regions ◽  
The Impact

Understanding how speciation relates to ecological divergence has long fascinated biologists. It is assumed that ecological divergence is essential to sympatric speciation, as a mechanism to avoid competition and eventually lead to reproductive isolation, while divergence in allopatry is not necessarily associated with niche differentiation. The impact of the spatial context of divergence on the evolutionary rates of abiotic dimensions of the ecological niche has rarely been explored for an entire clade. Here, we compare the magnitude of climatic niche shifts between sympatric versus allopatric divergence of lineages in butterflies. By combining next-generation sequencing, parametric biogeography and ecological niche analyses applied to a genus-wide phylogeny of Palaearctic Pyrgus butterflies, we compare evolutionary rates along eight climatic dimensions across sister lineages that diverged in large-scale sympatry versus allopatry. In order to examine the possible effects of the spatial scale at which sympatry is defined, we considered three sets of biogeographic assignments, ranging from narrow to broad definition. Our findings suggest higher rates of niche evolution along all climatic dimensions for sister lineages that diverge in sympatry, when using a narrow delineation of biogeographic areas. This result contrasts with significantly lower rates of climatic niche evolution found in cases of allopatric speciation, despite the biogeographic regions defined here being characterized by significantly different climates. Higher rates in allopatry are retrieved when biogeographic areas are too widely defined—in such a case allopatric events may be recorded as sympatric. Our results reveal the macro-evolutionary significance of abiotic niche differentiation involved in speciation processes within biogeographic regions, and illustrate the importance of the spatial scale chosen to define areas when applying parametric biogeographic analyses.

scholarly journals The Geography of Ecological Niche Evolution in Mammals

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1369-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Mazel ◽  
Rafael O. Wüest ◽  
Maya Gueguen ◽  
Julien Renaud ◽  
Gentile Francesco Ficetola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Niche Evolution

scholarly journals Biogeography and ecological niche evolution in Diapensiaceae inferred from phylogenetic analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 646-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Gaynor ◽  
Chao‐Nan Fu ◽  
Lian‐Ming Gao ◽  
Li‐Min Lu ◽  
Douglas E. Soltis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Niche Evolution

Controls on niche stability in geologic time: congruent responses to biotic and abiotic environmental changes among Cincinnatian (Late Ordovician) marine invertebrates

Paleobiology ◽  
10.1666/13035 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah-Maria R. Brame ◽  
Alycia L. Stigall
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Ecological Niche Modeling ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
Relative Effect ◽  
Late Ordovician ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
Temporal Intervals

The set of environmental conditions under which a taxon can survive and maintain viable populations, known as the ecological niche, is a fundamental determinant of a taxon's distribution. Because of the central importance of ecological niches, they have been assumed to remain relatively stable during intervals of morphological stasis. However, the assumption of niche stability has rarely been tested directly with fossil data spanning multiple temporal intervals. Thus, the conditions under which this assumption is likely to be accurate are not well understood. In this study, we use ecological niche modeling (ENM) to reconstruct the ecological niche for 11 genera of marine benthos (crinoids, trilobites, molluscs, bryozoans, and corals) from the Type Cincinnatian Series (Late Ordovician, Katian Stage) across nine temporal intervals spanning approximately three million years. This interval includes both abiotic environmental change (gradual sea-level fall) and biotic change (rapid pulses of the Richmondian Invasion), thus allowing the relative effect of different environmental perturbations to be constrained. A previous symmetrical analysis of niche stability of brachiopod species recovered an increase in niche evolution following the Richmondian Invasion. Herein we test the generality of the brachiopod pattern within the community. Niche stability was evaluated in geographic space, ecological space, and niche parameter space. Niche stability varied through time; during the Pre-Invasion interval, taxa exhibited niche stability during gradual shallowing of sea level in the basin, whereas niche evolution became more common during the Richmondian Invasion. Taxa adjusted to the increased competition by altering aspects of their niche. Notably, surviving taxa contracted their niche into a subset of their previous niche parameters. This represents an adaptive response to increased competition for resources with the newly established invader taxa, and it was employed most successfully by generalist taxa. Patterns of niche evolution were congruent between clades, among feeding styles, and across taxonomic levels.

scholarly journals Reconstructing Ecological Niche Evolution via Ancestral State Reconstruction with Uncertainty Incorporated

Authorea ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Owens ◽  
Vivian Ribeiro ◽  
Erin Saupe ◽  
Marlon E Cobos ◽  
Peter Hosner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Ancestral State Reconstruction ◽  
Ancestral State ◽  
Niche Evolution ◽  
State Reconstruction
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