Open AccessSpeciation and Extinction Drive the Appearance of Directional Range Size Evolution in Phylogenies and the Fossil Record
Author(s) -
Alex L. Pigot,
Ian P. F. Owens,
C. David L. Orme
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001260
Subject(s) - range (aeronautics) , biology , extinction (optical mineralogy) , macroevolution , macroecology , ecology , genetic algorithm , evolutionary biology , extant taxon , extinct species , phylogenetics , biodiversity , paleontology , biochemistry , materials science , gene , composite material
The appearance of directional trends in the evolution of species range sizes can arise from stochastic models and need not imply the existence of underlying trends.
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