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Key innovations and the ecology of macroevolution

Hunter, John P·1998·Trends in Ecology & Evolution
DOI 10.1016/s0169-5347(97)01273-1
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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
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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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