期刊
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
卷 129, 期 4, 页码 844-861出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa001
关键词
adaptation; Cichlinae; comparative phylogenetics; feeding ecology; functional morphology; Ornstein-Uhlenbeck; specialization
资金
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Graduate Scholarship
- NSERC
- University of Michigan
During adaptive radiation, diversification within clades is limited by adaptation to the available ecological niches, and this may drive patterns of both trait and species diversity. However, adaptation to disparate niches may result in varied impacts on the timing, pattern and rate of morphological evolution. In this study, we examined the relationship between feeding ecology and functional diversification across a diverse clade of freshwater fishes, the Neotropical cichlids. Species dietary niches were ordinated via multivariate analysis of stomach content data. We investigated changes in the rate and pattern of morphological diversification associated with feeding, including dietary niche and degree of dietary specialization. A major division in dietary niche space was observed between predators that consume fish and macroinvertebrates vs. other groups with diets dominated by small invertebrates, detritus or vegetation. These trophic niches were strongly associated with groupings defined by functional morphospace. Clades within the piscivore/macroinvertivore group rarely transitioned to other dietary niches. Comparatively, high dietary specialization enhanced functional diversification, driving the evolution of more extreme morphologies. Divergent patterns of trophic diversification among Neotropical cichlids appear to derive from different performance demands in regional abiotic and biotic environments associated with biogeographical history.
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