Ecological causes of uneven mammal diversity
N. S. Upham, J. A. Esselstyn, W. Jetz
The paper investigates the ecological causes of uneven mammal diversity by analyzing speciation rates and extinction patterns across time-sliced clades.
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N. S. Upham, J. A. Esselstyn, W. Jetz
The paper investigates the ecological causes of uneven mammal diversity by analyzing speciation rates and extinction patterns across time-sliced clades.
M. R. Moura, K. Ceron, J. J. M. Guedes…·W. Jetz
The paper creates a comprehensive tetrapod trait database using phylogeny-informed imputation, revealing data gaps and biases in trait distribution across species.
T. A. Stewart, I. Yoo, N. S. Upham
This study analyzes 2,301 mammal species to show how mammae number and litter size coevolve, finding that mammae number approximates maximum litter size and explains more variation in litter size than other traits.
O. H. Cisse, L. Ma, J. P. Dekker…·J. A. Kovacs
The paper sequenced genomes of Pneumocystis species from different mammals to study host specificity and evolutionary adaptations, revealing insights into the emergence of the human pathogen P. jirovecii.