TESTING FOR PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN COMPARATIVE DATA: BEHAVIORAL TRAITS ARE MORE LABILE
- S. Blomberg, T. Garland, A. Ives
- BiologyEvolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 April 2003
Analysis of variance of log K for all 121 traits indicated that behavioral traits exhibit lower signal than body size, morphological, life-history, or physiological traits, and this work presents new methods for continuous-valued characters that can be implemented with either phylogenetically independent contrasts or generalized least-squares models.
Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology
- S. Kembel, P. D. Cowan, C. Webb
- BiologyBioinform.
- 1 June 2010
Picante is a software package that provides a comprehensive set of tools for analyzing the phylogenetic and trait diversity of ecological communities and performs tests for phylogenetic signal in trait distributions, community structure and species interactions.
Tempo and mode in evolution: phylogenetic inertia, adaptation and comparative methods
- S. Blomberg, T. Garland
- Biology
- 1 November 2002
The concept of phylogenetic inertia needs to be defined and studied with as much care as ‘adaptation’.
A Primer on Phylogenetic Generalised Least Squares
- M. Symonds, S. Blomberg
- Biology
- 2014
It is demonstrated how PGLS can incorporate information about phylogenetic signal, the extent to which closely related species truly are similar, and how it controls for this signal appropriately, thereby negating concerns about unnecessarily ‘correcting’ for phylogeny.
Causes and consequences of variation in plant population growth rate: a synthesis of matrix population models in a phylogenetic context.
- Y. Buckley, S. Ramula, G. Wardle
- Environmental ScienceEcology Letters
- 1 September 2010
The findings indicate that demographic data and models of closely related plant species cannot necessarily be used to make recommendations for conservation or control, and that post-seedling survival and the sequence of environmental conditions are critical for determining plant population growth rate.
Accumulation and partitioning of heavy metals in mangroves: a synthesis of field-based studies.
- G. MacFarlane, C. E. Koller, S. Blomberg
- Environmental ScienceChemosphere
- 1 November 2007
NATURAL SELECTION AND QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN WESTERN WOMEN: A TWIN STUDY
- K. Kirk, S. Blomberg, D. Duffy, A. Heath, I. Owens, Nick Martin
- BiologyEvolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 February 2001
Analysis of data from a large twin cohort used to assess whether selection will cause a change among women in a contemporary Western population for three life-history traits suggests that selection is now acting on different traits from which it did in pre-industrial human populations.
Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard
- M. Whiting, D. Stuart-Fox, D. O'connor, D. Firth, N. Bennett, S. Blomberg
- BiologyAnimal Behaviour
- 1 August 2006
Morphometric and ultrastructural comparison of the olfactory system in elasmobranchs: The significance of structure–function relationships based on phylogeny and ecology
- V. Schluessel, M. Bennett, H. Bleckmann, S. Blomberg, S. Collin
- Biology, Environmental ScienceJournal of morphology
- 1 November 2008
This study investigated the relationship between olfactory morphology, habitat occupancy, and lifestyle in 21 elasmobranch species in a phylogenetic context. Four measures of olfactory capability,…
CONVERGENT MATERNAL CARE STRATEGIES IN UNGULATES AND MACROPODS
- D. Fisher, S. Blomberg, I. Owens
- Environmental Science, BiologyEvolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 January 2002
The results provide the first quantitative evidence that macropods and ungulates are convergent with respect to interspecific variation in maternal care strategy, and propose that sedentary young in closed habitats benefit energetically by having milk brought to them.
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