Linking the investigations of character evolution and species diversification.

Abstract excerpt

Variation in diversification rates is often studied by investigating traits related to species' ecology and life history. Often, however, it is unknown whether these traits evolve gradually or in punctuated bursts during speciation. Using phylogenetic data and species' present-day trait information, we present a novel approach to assessing the mode of character change while accounting for trait-dependent...

Topics

• Animals
• Biological Evolution
• Ecosystem
• Extinction, Biological
• Genetic Speciation
• Models, Biological
• Motor Activity
• Phenotype
• Phylogeny
• Primates
• Sexual Behavior, Animal
• Social Behavior