Adaptive radiation and speciation in Rhipicephalus ticks: A medley of novel hosts, nested predator-prey food webs, off-host periods and dispersal along temperature …

DK Bakkes, A Ropiquet, L Chitimia-Dobler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rhipicephalus are a species-diverse genus of ticks, mainly distributed in the Afrotropics with
some species in the Palearctic and Oriental regions. Current taxonomic consensus comprise …

Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches

HL Owens, V Ribeiro, EE Saupe… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and
diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer …

Patterns of ontogenetic evolution across extant marsupials reflect different allometric pathways to ecomorphological diversity

LAB Wilson, C López-Aguirre, M Archer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The relatively high level of morphological diversity in Australasian marsupials compared to
that observed among American marsupials remains poorly understood. We undertake a …

Disentangling the Drivers of the Sampling Bias of Freshwater Fish across Europe

M Rodríguez-Rey, G Grenouillet - Fishes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Wallacean shortfall refers to the knowledge gap in biodiversity distributions. There is still
limited knowledge for freshwater fish species despite the importance of focusing …

Evolution of diet in extant marsupials: emergent patterns from a broad phylogenetic perspective

LI Amador, NP Giannini - Mammal Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extant marsupials are highly diverse, both morphologically and ecologically. As a key
ecological factor, diet has been studied in marsupials at the species level. However, a …

Evolution and Morphological Shape Ontogeny of the Brown ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae: Rhipicephalus)

DK Bakkes - 2021 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Rhipicephalus constitute a species-diverse genus of mammal ectoparasites mainly
distributed in the Afrotropics that are characterised by generally inornate, uniform brown …

Evolutionary Aspects of the Family Corvidae (Aves): A Synthesis of Phylogenetics, Biogeography and Niche Evolution

SW Fernando - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Despite intensive research attention over the decades, many aspects of the evolutionary
history of the bird family Corvidae remain to be assessed. This dissertation focuses on …