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進化と生態学の時間的なパターンが解き放たれた2つのポスト・パレオゾイク・クラッド
F K McKinney1, S Lidgard, J J Sepkoski
1Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608-2067, USA. mckinneyfk@appstate.edu
まとめ
進化の成功と生態系の優位性は,何百万年にもわたって大きく異なることがあります. 分類学的な多様性の計数だけでは,サイクロストマタやチェイロストマタのようなブリオゾア群の生態学的重要性を完全に捉えることはできません.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- 海洋生態学 海洋生態学とは
背景:
- 分類学的な多様性のカウントは,化石記録のマクロ進化パターンを追跡するための標準です.
- ブリオゾア類,特にサイクロストマタとチェイロストマタ類は,異なる進化の歴史を持つ重要な海洋無脊椎動物です.
- 以前の研究は,しばしば多様性指標に依存し,生態学的動態を潜在的に見過ごしている.
研究 の 目的:
- サイクロストマタとチェイロストマタの間の相対的な生態学的重要性を持つ世俗的なパターンを調査する.
- 標準的な多様性指標が,化石ブリオゾアにおける生態学的優位性を正確に反映しているかどうかを判断する.
- クレータ紀・第3期の大量絶滅の後のケイロストマタの生態学的回復を評価する.
主な方法:
- 地質学的時間尺度における化石ブリゾオア発生と多様性データの分析.
- 遺伝的多様性と動物内種の豊かさの比較と生態学的重要性指標.
- クレタセウス-第三期の境界を越えたクラド組成の変化の検討.
主要な成果:
- 汎用的な多様性および種豊かさの指標は,サイクロストマタとチェイロストマタの生態学的重要性を完全に反映していません.
- クレータ紀・三次紀の絶滅後のケイロストマタの生態学的回復が遅れたことは,多様性コンパイルでは明らかではない.
- 進化の成功 (多様性) と生態学的優位性との分離は,何百万年にもわたって観察されています.
結論:
- 標準的な多様性カウントは,マクロ進化の生態学的動態を完全に理解するには不十分です.
- 進化の成功と生態学的優位性は,長期にわたってさえも,はっきりと非同期的であり得る.
- 化石記録における進化的および生態学的パターンの評価のためのメトリックの見直しが必要である.
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