Abstract:
:The ecological traits and functional capabilities of marine animals have changed significantly since their origin in the late Precambrian. These changes can be analysed quantitatively using multi-dimensional parameter spaces in which the ecological lifestyles of species are represented by particular combinations of parameter values. Here, we present models that describe the filling of this multi-dimensional 'ecospace' by ecological lifestyles during metazoan diversification. These models reflect varying assumptions about the processes that drove ecological diversification; they contrast diffusive expansion with driven expansion and niche conservatism with niche partitioning. Some models highlight the importance of interactions among organisms (ecosystem engineering and predator-prey escalation) in promoting new lifestyles or eliminating existing ones. These models reflect processes that were not mutually exclusive; rigorous analyses will continue to reveal their applicability to episodes in metazoan history.
journal_name
Biol Lettjournal_title
Biology lettersauthors
Bush AM,Novack-Gottshall PMdoi
10.1098/rsbl.2011.0641subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-02-23 00:00:00pages
151-5issue
1eissn
1744-9561issn
1744-957Xpii
rsbl.2011.0641journal_volume
8pub_type
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