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Key innovations and the ecology of macroevolution

Hunter, John P·1998·Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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The origin or evolutionary `success' of taxa is often attributed to key innovations-aspects of organismal phenotype that promote diversification. Different ways of delimiting taxa and measuring `success' (i.e. number or longevity of species, morphological variety or differential control of energy) give rise to different ideas of how key innovations might operate. Key innovations may enhance competitive ability, relax adaptive trade-offs or permit exploitation of a new productive resource base. Recent key innovation studies comparing species richness in extant sister clades may miss important observations possible only with consideration of the fossil record, traditional higher taxa and phenotypic diversity.

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Authors: Hunter, J. P.
Corresponding author: Hunter, John P
ORCID: Hunter, John P
Venue: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1998-01
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Pages: 31-36
ISSN: 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5347(97)01273-1
OpenAlex: W2025357952
Cited by: 340
References: 47
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 13
FWCI: 1.14
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant Diversity and Evolution
Keywords: key innovations, macroevolution, diversification, species richness, sister clade, fossil record, adaptive trade-offs, competitive ability, phenotypic diversity, energy control

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