Physiological constraints on body size distributions in Crocodyliformes.
Crocodile
Ornstein-Uhlenbeck
diving
mass
phylogenetic comparative methods
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:
02 2020
02 2020
Historique:
received:
05
04
2019
revised:
21
11
2019
accepted:
30
11
2019
pubmed:
17
1
2020
medline:
3
10
2020
entrez:
17
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
At least 26 species of crocodylian populate the globe today, but this richness represents a minute fraction of the diversity and disparity of Crocodyliformes. Fossil forms are far more varied, spanning from erect, fully terrestrial species to flippered, fully marine species. To quantify the influence of a marine habitat on the directionality, rate, and variance of evolution of body size in Crocodyliformes and thereby identify underlying selective pressures, we compiled a database of body sizes for 264 fossil and modern species of crocodyliform covering terrestrial, semi-aquatic, and marine habitats. We find increases in body size coupled with increases in strength of selection and decreases in variance following invasions of marine habitats but not of semiaquatic habitats. A model combining constraints from thermoregulation and lung capacity provides a physiological explanation for the larger minimum and average sizes of marine species. It appears that constraints on maximum size are shared across Crocodyliformes, perhaps through factors such as the allometric scaling of feeding rate versus basal metabolism with body size. These findings suggest that broad-scale patterns of body size evolution and the shapes of body size distributions within higher taxa are often determined more by physiological constraints than by ecological interactions or environmental fluctuations.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
245-255Subventions
Organisme : U.S. National Science Foundation
ID : EAR-1151022 to JLP
Pays : International
Organisme : Division of Earth Sciences
ID : 1151022
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Evolution © 2020 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
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