Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Brinkworth, Andrew4; Green, Emily3; Li, Yimeng2; Oyston, Jack1,4; Ruta, Marcello3; Wills, Matthew A.4 |
刊名 | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
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出版日期 | 2023-09-20 |
卷号 | 14期号:1页码:13 |
DOI | 10.1038/s41467-023-41415-2 |
通讯作者 | Brinkworth, Andrew(andrew.r.brinkworth@bath.edu) |
英文摘要 | Species richness is strikingly uneven across taxonomic groups at all hierarchical levels, but the reasons for this heterogeneity are poorly understood. It is well established that morphological diversity (disparity) is decoupled from taxonomic diversity, both between clades and across geological time. Morphological complexity has been much less studied, but there is theory linking complexity with differential diversity across groups. Here we devise an index of complexity from the differentiation of the fore and hind limb pairs for a sample of 983 species of extant birds. We test the null hypothesis that this index of morphological complexity is uncorrelated with clade diversity, revealing a significant and negative correlation between the species richness of clades and the mean morphological complexity of those clades. Further, we find that more complex clades tend to occupy a smaller number of dietary and habitat niches, and that this proxy for greater ecological specialisation correlates with lower species richness. Greater morphological complexity in the appendicular skeleton therefore appears to hinder the generation and maintenance of species diversity. This may result from entrenchment into morphologies and ecologies that are less capable of yielding further diversity. Biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the tree of life, and theoretical work suggests that biological complexity may be influential in forming these patterns. Here, Brinkworth et al. have shown that bird clades with more complex appendicular skeletons tend to have lower extant species richness. |
WOS关键词 | BODY-SIZE ; MORPHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY ; ADAPTIVE RADIATION ; EVOLUTION ; SELECTION ; FLIGHTLESSNESS ; DIVERSITY ; MODULES ; TRAITS ; FLIGHT |
资助项目 | This work was supported by funding from the John Templeton Foundation (Grant 61408) to MAW and MR, and from a NERC GW4 + DTP Studentship 2481350 to AB and MAW. MAW's work was also supported by BBSRC grants BB/K015702/1 and BB/K006754/1. We thank Roger Bens[61408] ; John Templeton Foundation[2481350] ; NERC GW4 + DTP Studentship[BB/K015702/1] ; NERC GW4 + DTP Studentship[BB/K006754/1] ; BBSRC ; BBSRC[BB/K015702/1] ; BBSRC[BB/K006754/1] |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001149254400008 |
出版者 | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
资助机构 | This work was supported by funding from the John Templeton Foundation (Grant 61408) to MAW and MR, and from a NERC GW4 + DTP Studentship 2481350 to AB and MAW. MAW's work was also supported by BBSRC grants BB/K015702/1 and BB/K006754/1. We thank Roger Bens ; John Templeton Foundation ; NERC GW4 + DTP Studentship ; BBSRC ; BBSRC |
源URL | [http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43328] ![]() |
专题 | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
通讯作者 | Brinkworth, Andrew |
作者单位 | 1.UCL, Ctr Integrat Anat, Dept Cell & Dev Biol, London WC1E 6BT, England 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Paleontol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Univ Lincoln, Dept Life Sci, Joseph Banks Labs, Green Lane, Lincoln LN6 7DL, England 4.Univ Bath, Milner Ctr Evolut, Dept Life Sci, Bath BA2 7AY, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Brinkworth, Andrew,Green, Emily,Li, Yimeng,et al. Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2023,14(1):13. |
APA | Brinkworth, Andrew,Green, Emily,Li, Yimeng,Oyston, Jack,Ruta, Marcello,&Wills, Matthew A..(2023).Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,14(1),13. |
MLA | Brinkworth, Andrew,et al."Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 14.1(2023):13. |
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来源:南京地质古生物研究所
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