Cavender-Bares, J., Kozak, K. H., Fine, P. V. a, & Kembel, S. W. (2009). The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology. Ecology letters, 12(7), 693–715. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01314.x Abstract The increasing availability of phylogenetic data, computing power and informatics tools has facilitated a rapid expansion of studies that apply phylogenetic data and methods to community ecology.…
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Souza, V., Eguiarte, L. E., Travisano, M., Elser, J. J., Rooks, C., & Siefert, J. L. (2012). Travel, sex, and food: what’s speciation got to do with it? Astrobiology, 12(7), 634–40. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0768 Abstract We discuss the potential interactions among travel (dispersal and gene flow), bacterial ‘‘sex’’ (mainly as hori- zontal gene transfer), and food (metabolic…
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Stokstad, E. (2009). Origins. On the origin of ecological structure. Science (New York, N.Y.), 326(5949), 33–5. doi:10.1126/science.326_33 ON 23 JUNE 1802, PRUSSIAN NATURALIST Alexander von Humboldt attempted to reach the summit of Mount Chimborazo, the highest peak in the northern Andes. Bleeding, his beard caked with ice, the 33-year-old Humboldt worked his way along a…
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