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Climatic niche conservatism and ecological opportunity in the explosive radiation of arvicoline rodents (Arvicolinae, Cricetidae).
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2016
Lv Xue, Xia Lin, Ge Deyan, Wu Yongjie, Yang Qisen
Abstract excerpt
Climatic niche conservatism shapes patterns of diversity in many taxonomic groups, while ecological opportunity (EO) can trigger rapid speciation that is less constrained by the amount of time a lineage has occupied a given habitat. These two processes are well studied, but limited research has considered their joint and relative roles in shaping diversity patterns. We characterized climatic and biogeographic...
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