Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches

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Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. / Owens, Hannah L.; Ribeiro, Vivian; Saupe, Erin E.; Cobos, Marlon E.; Hosner, Peter A.; Cooper, Jacob C.; Samy, Abdallah M.; Barve, Vijay; Barve, Narayani; Munoz-R, Carlos J.; Peterson, A. Townsend.

In: Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 10, No. 14, 2020, p. 6967-6977.

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Owens, HL, Ribeiro, V, Saupe, EE, Cobos, ME, Hosner, PA, Cooper, JC, Samy, AM, Barve, V, Barve, N, Munoz-R, CJ & Peterson, AT 2020, 'Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10, no. 14, pp. 6967-6977. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6359

APA

Owens, H. L., Ribeiro, V., Saupe, E. E., Cobos, M. E., Hosner, P. A., Cooper, J. C., Samy, A. M., Barve, V., Barve, N., Munoz-R, C. J., & Peterson, A. T. (2020). Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. Ecology and Evolution, 10(14), 6967-6977. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6359

Vancouver

Owens HL, Ribeiro V, Saupe EE, Cobos ME, Hosner PA, Cooper JC et al. Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. Ecology and Evolution. 2020;10(14):6967-6977. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6359

Author

Owens, Hannah L. ; Ribeiro, Vivian ; Saupe, Erin E. ; Cobos, Marlon E. ; Hosner, Peter A. ; Cooper, Jacob C. ; Samy, Abdallah M. ; Barve, Vijay ; Barve, Narayani ; Munoz-R, Carlos J. ; Peterson, A. Townsend. / Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. In: Ecology and Evolution. 2020 ; Vol. 10, No. 14. pp. 6967-6977.

Bibtex

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title = "Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches",
abstract = "Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species' niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species' environmental tolerances. Here, we propose a new framework for coding ecological niches and reconstructing their evolution that explicitly acknowledges and incorporates the uncertainty introduced by incomplete niche characterization. Then, we modify existing ancestral state inference methods to leverage full estimates of environmental tolerances. We provide a worked empirical example of our method, investigating ecological niche evolution in the New World orioles (Aves: Passeriformes:Icterusspp.). Temperature and precipitation tolerances were generally broad and conserved among orioles, with niche reduction and specialization limited to a few terminal branches. Tools for performing these reconstructions are available in a new R package callednichevol.",
keywords = "comparative phylogenetics, fundamental ecological niche, Icterus, phylogenetic niche conservatism, ANCESTRAL CHARACTER STATES, PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS, CONSERVATISM, MODELS, CLIMATE, BIOGEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY, SPACE, BIAS",
author = "Owens, {Hannah L.} and Vivian Ribeiro and Saupe, {Erin E.} and Cobos, {Marlon E.} and Hosner, {Peter A.} and Cooper, {Jacob C.} and Samy, {Abdallah M.} and Vijay Barve and Narayani Barve and Munoz-R, {Carlos J.} and Peterson, {A. Townsend}",
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doi = "10.1002/ece3.6359",
language = "English",
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RIS

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AU - Owens, Hannah L.

AU - Ribeiro, Vivian

AU - Saupe, Erin E.

AU - Cobos, Marlon E.

AU - Hosner, Peter A.

AU - Cooper, Jacob C.

AU - Samy, Abdallah M.

AU - Barve, Vijay

AU - Barve, Narayani

AU - Munoz-R, Carlos J.

AU - Peterson, A. Townsend

PY - 2020

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N2 - Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species' niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species' environmental tolerances. Here, we propose a new framework for coding ecological niches and reconstructing their evolution that explicitly acknowledges and incorporates the uncertainty introduced by incomplete niche characterization. Then, we modify existing ancestral state inference methods to leverage full estimates of environmental tolerances. We provide a worked empirical example of our method, investigating ecological niche evolution in the New World orioles (Aves: Passeriformes:Icterusspp.). Temperature and precipitation tolerances were generally broad and conserved among orioles, with niche reduction and specialization limited to a few terminal branches. Tools for performing these reconstructions are available in a new R package callednichevol.

AB - Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species' niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species' environmental tolerances. Here, we propose a new framework for coding ecological niches and reconstructing their evolution that explicitly acknowledges and incorporates the uncertainty introduced by incomplete niche characterization. Then, we modify existing ancestral state inference methods to leverage full estimates of environmental tolerances. We provide a worked empirical example of our method, investigating ecological niche evolution in the New World orioles (Aves: Passeriformes:Icterusspp.). Temperature and precipitation tolerances were generally broad and conserved among orioles, with niche reduction and specialization limited to a few terminal branches. Tools for performing these reconstructions are available in a new R package callednichevol.

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KW - fundamental ecological niche

KW - Icterus

KW - phylogenetic niche conservatism

KW - ANCESTRAL CHARACTER STATES

KW - PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS

KW - CONSERVATISM

KW - MODELS

KW - CLIMATE

KW - BIOGEOGRAPHY

KW - BIOLOGY

KW - SPACE

KW - BIAS

U2 - 10.1002/ece3.6359

DO - 10.1002/ece3.6359

M3 - Journal article

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JO - Ecology and Evolution

JF - Ecology and Evolution

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