Larger brains spur species diversification in birds.
Behavioral drive
QuaSSE
brain size
extinction rate
speciation rate
Journal
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
ISSN: 1558-5646
Titre abrégé: Evolution
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0373224
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2019
10 2019
Historique:
received:
21
06
2018
revised:
13
06
2019
accepted:
26
06
2019
pubmed:
14
9
2019
medline:
7
8
2020
entrez:
14
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Evidence is accumulating that species traits can spur their evolutionary diversification by influencing niche shifts, range expansions, and extinction risk. Previous work has shown that larger brains (relative to body size) facilitate niche shifts and range expansions by enhancing behavioral plasticity but whether larger brains also promote evolutionary diversification is currently backed by insufficient evidence. We addressed this gap by combining a brain size dataset for >1900 avian species worldwide with estimates of diversification rates based on two conceptually different phylogenetic-based approaches. We found consistent evidence that lineages with larger brains (relative to body size) have diversified faster than lineages with relatively smaller brains. The best supported trait-dependent model suggests that brain size primarily affects diversification rates by increasing speciation rather than decreasing extinction rates. In addition, we found that the effect of relatively brain size on species-level diversification rate is additive to the effect of other intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Altogether, our results highlight the importance of brain size as an important factor in evolution and reinforce the view that intrinsic features of species have the potential to influence the pace of evolution.
Banques de données
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.p4v4n0s']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2085-2093Subventions
Organisme : Ministry of science, innovation and universities - Spanish government
ID : CGL2017-90033-P
Pays : International
Organisme : Generalitat de Catalunya
ID : FI-DGR 2014
Pays : International
Organisme : Generalitat de Catalunya
ID : 2016-BP00205
Pays : International
Organisme : McGill University
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Author(s). Evolution © 2019 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
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