ORCID Profile
0000-0001-6047-1945
Current Organisations
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
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Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation
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South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership
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Publications
Model averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information‐theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-06-2018
DOI: 10.1002/ECM.1309
What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models?
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-09-2014
DOI: 10.1111/ECOG.00845
The geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversity
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-09-2023
Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-11-2012
Abstract: Adaptive radiation is the process by which a single ancestral species ersifies into many descendants adapted to exploit a wide range of habitats. The appearance of ecological opportunities, or the colonisation or adaptation to novel ecological resources, has been documented to promote adaptive radiation in many classic ex les. Mutualistic interactions allow species to access resources untapped by competitors, but evidence shows that the effect of mutualism on species ersification can greatly vary among mutualistic systems. Here, we test whether the development of obligate mutualism with sea anemones allowed the clownfishes to radiate adaptively across the Indian and western Pacific oceans reef habitats. We show that clownfishes morphological characters are linked with ecological niches associated with the sea anemones. This pattern is consistent with the ecological speciation hypothesis. Furthermore, the clownfishes show an increase in the rate of species ersification as well as rate of morphological evolution compared to their closest relatives without anemone mutualistic associations. The effect of mutualism on species ersification has only been studied in a limited number of groups. We present a case of adaptive radiation where mutualistic interaction is the likely key innovation, providing new insights into the mechanisms involved in the buildup of bio ersity. Due to a lack of barriers to dispersal, ecological speciation is rare in marine environments. Particular life-history characteristics of clownfishes likely reinforced reproductive isolation between populations, allowing rapid species ersification.
Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Related Organisations
Swiss Federal Institute For Forest, Snow And Landscape Research
Location: Switzerland
Leverhulme Centre For Climate Change Mitigation
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Related Funding Activities
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