Opposing effects of plant traits on diversification
- Author(s)
- Bruce Anderson, John Pannell, Sylvain Billiard, Concetta Burgarella, Hugo de Boer, Mathilde Dufay, Andrew J. Helmstetter, Marcos Méndez, Sarah P. Otto, Denis Roze, Hervé Sauquet, Daniel Schoen, Jürg Schönenberger, Mario Vallejo-Marin, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson, Jos Käfer, Sylvain Glémin
- Abstract
Species diversity can vary dramatically across lineages due to differences in speciation and extinction rates. Here, we explore the effects of several plant traits on diversification, finding that most traits have opposing effects on diversification. For example, outcrossing may increase the efficacy of selection and adaptation but also decrease mate availability, two processes with contrasting effects on lineage persistence. Such opposing trait effects can manifest as differences in diversification rates that depend on ecological context, spatiotemporal scale, and associations with other traits. The complexity of pathways linking traits to diversification suggests that the mechanistic underpinnings behind their correlations may be difficult to interpret with any certainty, and context dependence means that the effects of specific traits on diversification are likely to differ across multiple lineages and timescales. This calls for taxonomically and context-controlled approaches to studies that correlate traits and diversification.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
- External organisation(s)
- Stellenbosch University, Université de Lausanne, Université Lille I - Sciences et Technologies, Uppsala University, University of Oslo, University of Montpellier, Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, University of British Columbia (UBC), Université Paris VI - Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, National Herbarium of New South Wales, University of New South Wales, McGill University, University of Kentucky, Université Claude-Bernard-Lyon-I, Université Rennes-I
- Journal
- Iscience
- Volume
- 26
- ISSN
- 2589-0042
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106362
- Publication date
- 04-2023
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106008 Botany, 106042 Systematic botany, 106012 Evolutionary research
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/cae6b76e-e375-40cc-a0f9-7a5af9399e62