TY - JOUR
T1 - Opposing effects of plant traits on diversification
AU - Anderson, Bruce
AU - Pannell, John
AU - Billiard, Sylvain
AU - Burgarella, Concetta
AU - de Boer, Hugo
AU - Dufay, Mathilde
AU - Helmstetter, Andrew J.
AU - Méndez, Marcos
AU - Otto, Sarah P.
AU - Roze, Denis
AU - Sauquet, Hervé
AU - Schoen, Daniel
AU - Schönenberger, Jürg
AU - Vallejo-Marin, Mario
AU - Zenil-Ferguson, Rosana
AU - Käfer, Jos
AU - Glémin, Sylvain
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/4/21
Y1 - 2023/4/21
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Biological sciences
KW - Evolutionary biology
KW - Evolutionary theories
KW - Plant biology
KW - Plant population biology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106362
DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106362
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85150841675
SN - 2589-0042
VL - 26
JO - iScience
JF - iScience
IS - 4
M1 - 106362
ER -