Conservatism of Ecological Niches in Evolutionary Time Export

@article{citeulike:513541, abstract = {Theory predicts low niche differentiation between species over evolutionary time scales, but little empirical evidence is available. Reciprocal geographic predictions based on ecological niche models of sister taxon pairs of birds, mammals, and butterflies in southern Mexico indicate niche conservatism over several million years of independent evolution (between putative sister taxon pairs) but little conservatism at the level of families. Niche conservatism over such time scales indicates that speciation takes place in geographic, not ecological, dimensions and that ecological differences evolve later.}, author = {Peterson, A. T. and Sober\'{o}n, J. and S\'{a}nchez-Cordero, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {513541}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.285.5431.1265}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/285/5431/1265}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10455053}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10455053}, day = {20}, doi = {10.1126/science.285.5431.1265}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {distribution-modeling, garp, niches}, month = {August}, number = {5431}, pages = {1265--1267}, posted-at = {2008-12-02 02:08:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Conservatism of Ecological Niches in Evolutionary Time}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.285.5431.1265}, volume = {285}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:513541 L3 - citeulike-article-id:513541 N2 - Theory predicts low niche differentiation between species over evolutionary time scales, but little empirical evidence is available. Reciprocal geographic predictions based on ecological niche models of sister taxon pairs of birds, mammals, and butterflies in southern Mexico indicate niche conservatism over several million years of independent evolution (between putative sister taxon pairs) but little conservatism at the level of families. Niche conservatism over such time scales indicates that speciation takes place in geographic, not ecological, dimensions and that ecological differences evolve later. IS - 5431 JF - Science EP - 1267 TI - Conservatism of Ecological Niches in Evolutionary Time VL - 285 SP - 1265 KW - distribution-modeling KW - garp KW - niches AU - Peterson, AT AU - Soberón, J AU - Sánchez-Cordero, V PY - 1999/08/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.285.5431.1265 ER -