Arid
DOI10.1093/jmammal/gyy099
A phylogenetic test of adaptation to deserts and aridity in skull and dental morphology across rodents
Alhajeri, Bader H.1; Steppan, Scott J.
通讯作者Alhajeri, Bader H.
来源期刊JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
ISSN0022-2372
EISSN1545-1542
出版年2018
卷号99期号:5页码:1197-1216
英文摘要

Understanding how organisms adapt to aridity is a central theme in traditional desert ecology research. However, many of the pioneering studies were conducted before detailed phylogenies were available to provide evolutionary context and before the accumulation of accurate bioclimatic and species distribution data to provide geographic and environmental context. We tested the desert-adaptive value of changes in skull and dental morphology in rodents after phylogenetic correction. In addition, we estimated that across the evolutionary history of more than 2,400 rodent species, transitions between mesic and desert habitats have been very frequent, with a directional bias toward the mesic-to-desert transition. This suggested that derived desert specialization is an "evolutionary dead-end" that limits further evolution. After correcting for the strong phylogenetic signal, we still find a significant and strong correlation between habitat aridity and specializations associated with auditory sensitivity (auditory bulla inflation) and respiratory water retention (nasal passage elongation) but not in characters associated with dietary specialization (lower incisor shape). No other significant associations were found between habitat or aridity and any other cranial, jaw, or dental traits. Bullar hypertrophy is among the strongest patterns of convergent cranial desert adaptation in rodents and indicates that adaptation plays a similar role in shaping the evolution of this structure in different desert rodent clades.


英文关键词adaptation auditory bulla convergence desert ecology habitat transition nasal specialization tooth
类型Article
语种英语
国家Kuwait ; USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000448386400020
WOS关键词MIDDLE-EAR ; SYMPATRIC RODENTS ; SPALAX-EHRENBERGI ; SIZE-CORRECTION ; R-PACKAGE ; EVOLUTION ; CLIMATE ; TRAITS ; HETEROMYIDAE ; SYSTEMATICS
WOS类目Zoology
WOS研究方向Zoology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/211134
作者单位1.Kuwait Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Safat 13110, Kuwait;
2.Florida State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
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Alhajeri, Bader H.,Steppan, Scott J.. A phylogenetic test of adaptation to deserts and aridity in skull and dental morphology across rodents[J],2018,99(5):1197-1216.
APA Alhajeri, Bader H.,&Steppan, Scott J..(2018).A phylogenetic test of adaptation to deserts and aridity in skull and dental morphology across rodents.JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY,99(5),1197-1216.
MLA Alhajeri, Bader H.,et al."A phylogenetic test of adaptation to deserts and aridity in skull and dental morphology across rodents".JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 99.5(2018):1197-1216.
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