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15058732

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Evolutionary biologists have often suggested that ecology is important in speciation, in that natural selection may drive adaptive divergence between lineages that inhabit different environments. I suggest that it is the tendency of lineages to maintain their ancestral ecological niche (phylogenetic niche conservatism) and their failure to adapt to new environments which frequently isolates incipient species and begins the process of speciation. Niche conservatism may be an important and widespread component of allopatric speciation but is largely unstudied. The perspective outlined here suggests roles for key microevolutionary processes (i.e., natural selection, adaptation) that are strikingly different from those proposed in previous literature on ecology and speciation. Yet, this perspective is complementary to the traditional view because it focuses on a different temporal stage of the speciation process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0014-3820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Speciation and ecology revisited: phylogenetic niche conservatism and the origin of species.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5245, USA. wiensj@life.bio.sunysb.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.