Authors
Thomas J Givnish, Michael HJ Barfuss, Benjamin Van Ee, Ricarda Riina, Katharina Schulte, Ralf Horres, Philip A Gonsiska, Rachel S Jabaily, Darren M Crayn, J Andrew C Smith, Klaus Winter, Gregory K Brown, Timothy M Evans, Bruce K Holst, Harry Luther, Walter Till, Georg Zizka, Paul E Berry, Kenneth J Sytsma
Publication date
2014/2/1
Journal
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Volume
71
Pages
55-78
Publisher
Academic Press
Description
We present an integrative model predicting associations among epiphytism, the tank habit, entangling seeds, C3 vs. CAM photosynthesis, avian pollinators, life in fertile, moist montane habitats, and net rates of species diversification in the monocot family Bromeliaceae. We test these predictions by relating evolutionary shifts in form, physiology, and ecology to time and ancestral distributions, quantifying patterns of correlated and contingent evolution among pairs of traits and analyzing the apparent impact of individual traits on rates of net species diversification and geographic expansion beyond the ancestral Guayana Shield. All predicted patterns of correlated evolution were significant, and the temporal and spatial associations of phenotypic shifts with orogenies generally accorded with predictions. Net rates of species diversification were most closely coupled to life in fertile, moist, geographically extensive …
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TJ Givnish, MHJ Barfuss, B Van Ee, R Riina, K Schulte… - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2014