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The influence of temperature seasonality on elevational range size across latitude: a test using Liolaemus lizards
(Wiley, 2015-06)
Aim
Identifying factors that limit species distributions is a fundamental question in ecology with implications for understanding global biodiversity patterns and species responses to environmental change. Theory suggests ...
An event model for phylogenetic biogeography using explicitly geographical ranges
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2017-10)
Aim: To develop and implement a method for phylogenetic biogeography that is both event based and geographically explicit, that is, that uses the geographical ranges observed in the terminals instead of ‘predefined areas.’. ...
Towards biodiversity hotspots effective for conserving mammals with small geographic ranges
(Gauthier-Villars/Editions Elsevier, 2017-01)
The main goal of using global biodiversity hotspots for conservation purposes is to protect taxa with small geographic ranges because these are highly vulnerable to extinction. However, the extent to what different hotspots ...
Alien spiders in Chile: Evaluating Darwin's naturalization hypothesis
(American Museum of Natural History, 2015)
Darwin's naturalization hypothesis (DNH) states that the successful establishment of alien species is favored when the phylogenetic relationship between the colonizer and the recipient community is distant. From a population ...
Immigration and extirpation selectivity patterns of brachiopods and bivalves across a Carboniferous glacial to non-glacial transition (Pennsylvanian, central western Argentina) and their influence in building the biotic bathymetric gradient
(Elsevier Science, 2018-11)
The growth and demise of glaciers during the Late Paleozoic ice age had profound consequences on the marine biota. In central western Argentina the transition from glacial to non-glacial interval during the Pennsylvanian, ...
Testing Bergmann's rule and the Rosenzweig hypothesis with craniometric studies of the South American sea lion
(Springer, 2013)
We tested the validity of Bergmann’s rule and Rosenzweig’s hypothesis through an analysis of the geographical variation of the skull size of Otaria flavescens along the entire distribution range of the species (except ...
Diet of Neotropical parrots is independent of phylogeny but correlates with body size and geographical range
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-10)
Body mass and geographical range are two main drivers of diet in animals, yet how these factors influence diet in the morphologically and ecologically diverse avian group of Psittaciformes is little known. We reviewed ...
Geographical differentiation in floral traits across the distribution range of the Patagonian oil-secreting Calceolaria polyrhiza: Do pollinators matter?
(Oxford University Press, 2013-09)
Background and Aims: The underlying evolutionary processes of pollinator-driven floral diversification are still poorly understood. According to Grant-Stebbins model speciation begins with adaptive local differentiation ...
Geographic variation in the size of mammalian prey taken by White-tailed Kites in the Americas
(Associação Field Ornithologists, 2004-06-01)
I examined the size of small mammal prey taken by White-tailed Kites (Elanus leucurus) in the Americas from data obtained in the literature and unpublished material from southern Brazil. Mean weight of adult small mammal ...