Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation

Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation

Abstract Background Diet is a key component of a species ecological niche and plays critical roles in guiding the trajectories of evolutionary change. Previous studies suggest that dietary evolution can influence the rates and patterns of species diversification, with omnivorous (animal and plant, ‘...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Ocampo, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, Ferran Sayol, Rodrigo S. Rios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Comparative phylogeny
Dietary evolution
Net diversification rate
Specialist
Generalist
Macroevolutionary sink
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02028-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02028-3

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