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Trait Evolution in Adaptive Radiations: Modeling and Measuring Interspecific Competition on Phylogenies.
The American naturalist - 1 Feb 2017
Clarke Magnus, Thomas Gavin H, Freckleton Robert P
Abstract excerpt
The incorporation of ecological processes into models of trait evolution is important for understanding past drivers of evolutionary change. Species interactions have long been thought to be key drivers of trait evolution. However, models for comparative data that account for interactions between species are lacking. One of the challenges is that such models are intractable and difficult to express analytically....
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