The process of adaptive radiation—the proliferation of species from a single ancestor and
diversification into many ecologically different forms—has been of great interest to …

The idea of 'key innovations' has long been influential in theoretical and empirical
approaches to understanding adaptive diversification. Despite originally revolving around …

Adaptive radiation is the evolution of diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. It can
cause a single ancestral species to differentiate into an impressively vast array of species …

This book is both a manual for the computer program MacClade, describing its features and
potential uses, as well as a portrayal of a phylogenetic approach to studying diversity and …

Comparative studies tend to differ from optimality and functionality studies in how they treat
adaptation. While the comparative approach focuses on the origin and change of traits …

Evolutionary Phonology is a theory of sound patterns which synthesizes results in historical
linguistics, phonetics and phonological theory. In this book, Juliette Blevins explores the …

Conservation biologists assign population distinctiveness by classifying populations as
evolutionarily significant units (ESUs). Historically, this classification has included ecological …

Biologists often compare average phenotypes of groups of species defined cladistically or
on behavioral, ecological, or physiological criteria (eg, carnivores vs. herbivores, social vs …

Adaptive radiation refers to diversification from an ancestral species that produces
descendants adapted to use a great variety of distinct ecological niches. In this review, I …

Abstract Before the Evolutionary Synthesis,'phylogenetic inertia'was associated with theories
of orthogenesis, which claimed that organisms possessed an endogenous perfecting …