Is specialization an evolutionary dead end? Testing for differences in speciation, extinction and trait transition rates across diverse phylogenies of specialists and generalists

PHYLOMETRICS: an R package for detecting macroevolutionary patterns, using phylogenetic metrics and backward tree simulation

(2016) Xia Hua et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Model Adequacy and the Macroevolution of Angiosperm Functional Traits

(2015) Matthew W. Pennell et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Detecting Macroevolutionary Self-Destruction from Phylogenies

(2015) Lindell Bromham et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Dependent Speciation

(2015) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Evolution of host specificity in monogeneans parasitizing African cichlid fish

(2014) Monika Mendlová et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Specialization and generalization in the diversification of phytophagous insects: tests of the musical chairs and oscillation hypotheses

(2014) N. B. Hardy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Life-history specialization was not an evolutionary dead-end in Pyrenean cave beetles

(2014) A. Cieslak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary ecology of specialization: insights from phylogenetic analysis

(2014) J. C. Vamosi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parallel adaptations to nectarivory in parrots, key innovations and the diversification of the Loriinae

(2014) Manuel Schweizer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

BEAST 2: A Software Platform for Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis

(2014) Remco Bouckaert et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Floral specialization and angiosperm diversity: phenotypic divergence, fitness trade-offs and realized pollination accuracy

(2014) W. Scott Armbruster   AoB Plants

Corolla morphology influences diversification rates in bifid toadflaxes (Linaria sect. Versicolores)

(2013) Mario Fernández-Mazuecos et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification

(2013) Matthew P Davis et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles

(2013) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A real-time eco-evolutionary dead-end strategy is mediated by the traits of lineage progenitors and interactions with colony invaders

(2013) Jonathan N. Pruitt   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The evolution of viviparity opens opportunities for lizard radiation but drives it into a climatic cul-de-sac

(2013) Daniel Pincheira-Donoso et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Linking the Investigations of Character Evolution and Species Diversification

(2012) Karen Magnuson-Ford et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

TEMPO AND MODE IN PLANT BREEDING SYSTEM EVOLUTION

(2012) Emma E. Goldberg et al.   EVOLUTION

IS YOUR PHYLOGENY INFORMATIVE? MEASURING THE POWER OF COMPARATIVE METHODS

(2012) Carl Boettiger et al.   EVOLUTION

Unifying concepts and mechanisms in the specificity of plant–enemy interactions

(2012) Luke G. Barrett et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Diversitree: comparative phylogenetic analyses of diversification in R

(2012) Richard G. FitzJohn   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Field-based insights to the evolution of specialization: plasticity and fitness across habitats in a specialist/generalist species pair

(2012) Timothy Griffith et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Revisiting the evolution of ecological specialization, with emphasis on insect–plant interactions

(2011) M. L. Forister et al.   ECOLOGY

Selectivity in Mammalian Extinction Risk and Threat Types: a New Measure of Phylogenetic Signal Strength in Binary Traits

(2010) SUSANNE A. FRITZ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SERPENTINE ENDEMISM IN THE CALIFORNIA FLORA

(2010) Brian L. Anacker et al.   EVOLUTION

Live Where You Thrive: Joint Evolution of Habitat Choice and Local Adaptation Facilitates Specialization and Promotes Diversity

(2009) Virginie Ravigné et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Are specialists at risk under environmental change? Neoecological, paleoecological and phylogenetic approaches

(2009) Audrey Colles et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Defining and measuring ecological specialization

(2009) Vincent Devictor et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Competition promotes the evolution of host generalists in obligate parasites

(2009) K. P. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

(2009) Richard G. FitzJohn et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The evolution of a pollen diet: Host choice and diet breadth ofAndrenabees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)

(2008) Leah L. Larkin et al.   APIDOLOGIE

IS FLORAL SPECIALIZATION AN EVOLUTIONARY DEAD-END POLLINATION SYSTEM TRANSITIONS INRUELLIA(ACANTHACEAE)

(2008) Erin A. Tripp et al.   EVOLUTION