Using phylogenetic trees to test for character displacement: a model and an example from a desert mammal community

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dc.creatorDaves, Jonathan
dc.creatorCooper, Natalie
dc.creatorDiniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola
dc.creatorThomas, Gavin Hugh
dc.creatorMeiri, Shai
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-31T11:47:54Z
dc.date.available2017-03-31T11:47:54Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractThe distribution of traits within communities is thought to provide information on the evolutionary and ecological forces that structure community composition. Ecological character displacement (evolutionary divergence among populations of interacting species within a community), as well as community-wide character displacement (even dispersion of species traits within a community via species sorting), have been widely reported and are typically interpreted as evidence for interspecific competition. However, defining an appropriate null distribution with which to assess the observed distribution of traits within a community has proved controversial. Phylogenetic methods provide an alternative approach to evaluating community structure, but such methods also require an appropriate null and have typically overlooked the potential for evolutionary dynamics within communities. Here, we present a novel phylogenetic framework that uses evolutionary expectations to generate a simple null model of the expected distribution of traits among co-occurring species. Using a stochastic Brownian motion model of trait change, we illustrate that the expected communitywide dispersion of traits varies with phylogenetic tree shape. We then use data on body mass for mammals to evaluate the accuracy with which phylogeny can predict the empirical distribution of traits and find a strong correlation between predicted and observed trait distributions. We suggest that deviations from phylogenetic expectations may therefore provide a useful tool for evaluating the role of competition in shaping community structure. Finally, we demonstrate the utility of our approach using empirical data on body mass and a phylogeny for a small community of terrestrial mammals in Yotvata, Israel, and reveal evidence consistent with ecological and community-wide character displacement. Our method unites ecological and evolutionary approaches, and it provides a novel framework for exploring community structure.pt_BR
dc.identifier.citationDAVIES, Jonathan; COOPER, Natalie; DINIZ FILHO, José Alexandre Felizola; THOMAS, Gavin H.; MEIRI, Shai. Using phylogenetic trees to test for character displacement: a model and an example from a desert mammal community. Ecology, Washington, v. 93, sp. 8, p. S44-S51, Aug. 2012.pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.1890/11-0400.1
dc.identifier.issne- 1939-9170
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/11691
dc.language.isoengpt_BR
dc.publisherEcological Society of Americapt_BR
dc.publisher.countryEstados unidospt_BR
dc.publisher.departmentInstituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB (RG)pt_BR
dc.rightsAcesso Abertopt_BR
dc.subjectBrownian motionpt_BR
dc.subjectCharacter displacementpt_BR
dc.subjectCoexistencept_BR
dc.subjectCompetitionpt_BR
dc.subjectEcophylogenetics; environmental filteringpt_BR
dc.subjectPhylogenetic imbalancept_BR
dc.subjectYotvatapt_BR
dc.subjectIsraelpt_BR
dc.titleUsing phylogenetic trees to test for character displacement: a model and an example from a desert mammal communitypt_BR
dc.typeArtigopt_BR

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