Paleobiome dynamics shaped a large Gondwanan plant radiation.

ABSTRACT: Theories of adaptive radiation propose predictable trajectories in which diversity accumulates rapidly in newly formed or colonized environments with underexploited niche space and few competing species, before slowing down as competition intensifies, and speciation and extinction rates approach equilibrium. This historical perspective on diversity may be more important than current environmental variation for explaining today's biodiversity, but this has been difficult to determine because of the complexity of diversification dynamics and the challenges of relating diversification processes to past environmental change. Here we unravel the complex and heterogenous diversification dynamics of Proteaceae (subfamily Grevilleoideae), a large Gondwanan plant clade, to investigate how the expan

SUBMITTER: Skeels A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12304948 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature