Regional diversity and diversification in mammals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11620/17:10365774
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/689398" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/689398</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/689398" target="_blank" >10.1086/689398</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Regional diversity and diversification in mammals
Original language description
The effects of regional diversity on diversification remain controversial. The classic hypothesis that diversification decelerates as regional diversity increases has been recently revived. Yet, there is little geographic evidence for slower diversification across regions of high diversity, and diversity is often thought to promote diversification through its effects on ecological divergence and speciation. Here, we use the newest phylogeny for mammals (4,990 species) and two different methods to test the effects of regional diversity on diversification. We find that regions of high diversity are dominated by expanding clades that are far from their estimated carrying capacities. Regions of low diversity host clades that are small and mostly saturated. These results were supported across mammals and their six largest orders. They were corroborated by the two methods when controlling for clade relatedness, clade nestedness, and clade size. Together, these results reject the hypothesis that high geographic concentration of mammals effectively suppresses their further diversification. Instead, highly diverse regions (especially the tropics) seem to act as the engine of mammalian richness.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GB14-36098G" target="_blank" >GB14-36098G: Center for tropical biology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
American Naturalist
ISSN
0003-0147
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
189
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
"E1"-"E13"
UT code for WoS article
000392384900003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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