Ecological Opportunity and Diversification in a Continental Radiation of Birds: Climbing Adaptations and Cladogenesis in the Furnariidae

Ecological theories of adaptive radiation predict that ecological opportunity stimulates cladogenesis through its effects on competitive release and niche expansion. Given that key innovations may confer ecological opportunity, we investigated the effect of the acquisition of climbing adaptations on...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American naturalist 2012-05, Vol.179 (5), p.649-666
Hauptverfasser:	Claramunt, Santiago, Derryberry, Elizabeth P., Brumfield, Robb T., Remsen, J. V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Biological Adaptive radiation Animal and plant ecology Animal behavior Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Aves Biological adaptation Biological and medical sciences Birds Branches Dispersal Ecological competition Ecological genetics Ecological niches Ecology Ecosystem Evolution Evolution & development Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Furnariidae General aspects Genetic Speciation Locomotion Marine ecology Models, Biological Morphology Niches Parametric models Passeriformes Phylogeny Picidae Speciation Tree trunks Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution
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