期刊
ECOLOGY LETTERS
卷 11, 期 12, 页码 1265-1277出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01256.x
关键词
Alpha diversity; beta diversity; community phylogenetics; ecological niche modelling; phylobetadiversity; phylogenetic beta diversity
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资金
- NSF [DEB-416152, DEB-0743800]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [0820490] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
A key challenge in ecological research is to integrate data from different scales to evaluate the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that influence current patterns of biological diversity. We build on recent attempts to incorporate phylogenetic information into traditional diversity analyses and on existing research on beta diversity and phylogenetic community ecology. Phylogenetic beta diversity (phylobetadiversity) measures the phylogenetic distance among communities and as such allows us to connect local processes, such as biotic interactions and environmental filtering, with more regional processes including trait evolution and speciation. When combined with traditional measures of beta diversity, environmental gradient analyses or ecological niche modelling, phylobetadiversity can provide significant and novel insights into the mechanisms underlying current patterns of biological diversity.
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