Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology

The diversity of life is ultimately generated by evolution, and much attention has focused on the rapid evolution of ecological traits. Yet, the tendency for many ecological traits to instead remain similar over time [niche conservatism (NC)] has many consequences for the fundamental patterns and pr...

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Published in:	Ecology letters Vol. 13; no. 10; pp. 1310 - 1324
Main Authors:	Wiens, John J, Ackerly, David D, Allen, Andrew P, Anacker, Brian L, Buckley, Lauren B, Cornell, Howard V, Damschen, Ellen I, Jonathan Davies, T, Grytnes, John-Arvid, Harrison, Susan P, Hawkins, Bradford A, Holt, Robert D, McCain, Christy M, Stephens, Patrick R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biodiversity Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution Climate Change Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change community assembly Conservation Conservation biology Conservation of Natural Resources disease ecology Earth, ocean, space Ecological function Ecology Ecology - trends Ecosystem ecosystems Evolutionary biology Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Food Chain Food webs Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Global warming habitat destruction habitats Host-Parasite Interactions Introduced Species Invasive species Meteorology Models, Biological niche conservatism Niches Phylogeny Research methodology Species diversity Species richness Theory trends wildlife management Destruction Disease niche conservatism Conservation Ecology Phylogeny Dynamical climatology Climate change Conservation biology Invasive species Food web Ecological niche habitat destruction food webs Habitat disease ecology Community Species richness community assembly
ISSN:	1461-023X, 1461-0248, 1461-0248
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