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Climate-Related Local Extinctions Are Already Widespread among Plant and Animal Species by Wiens, John J

“…Current climate change may be a major threat to global biodiversity, but the extent of species loss will depend on the details of how species respond to…”
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Recent responses to climate change reveal the drivers of species extinction and survival by Román-Palacios, Cristian, Wiens, John J.

“…Climate change may be a major threat to biodiversity in the next 100 years. Although there has been important work on mechanisms of decline in some species, it…”
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Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species by Zheng, Yuchi, Wiens, John J.

“…[Display omitted] •Many studies analyze higher-level relationships with many genes but few taxa (e.g. phylogenomic).•Alternately, other studies analyze many…”
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The niche, biogeography and species interactions by Wiens, John J.

“…In this paper, I review the relevance of the niche to biogeography, and what biogeography may tell us about the niche. The niche is defined as the combination…”
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The origins of acoustic communication in vertebrates by Chen, Zhuo, Wiens, John J.

“…Acoustic communication is crucial to humans and many other tetrapods, including birds, frogs, crocodilians, and mammals. However, large-scale patterns in its…”
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Rates of projected climate change dramatically exceed past rates of climatic niche evolution among vertebrate species by Quintero, Ignacio, Wiens, John J.

“…A key question in predicting responses to anthropogenic climate change is: how quickly can species adapt to different climatic conditions? Here, we take a…”
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Global Patterns of Diversification and Species Richness in Amphibians by Wiens, John J.

“…Geographic patterns of species richness ultimately arise through the processes of speciation, extinction, and dispersal, but relatively few studies consider…”
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Species Delimitation: New Approaches for Discovering Diversity by Wiens, John J.

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Trait‐based species richness: ecology and macroevolution by Wiens, John J.

“…ABSTRACT Understanding the origins of species richness patterns is a fundamental goal in ecology and evolutionary biology. Much research has focused on…”
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Niche Conservatism: Integrating Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology by Wiens, John J., Graham, Catherine H.

“…Niche conservatism is the tendency of species to retain ancestral ecological characteristics. In the recent literature, a debate has emerged as to whether…”
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A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians by Alexander Pyron, R., Wiens, John J.

“…[Display omitted] ► Large-scale molecular phylogenetic estimate for Amphibia. ► Based on 2871 species: 41 caecilians, 436 salamanders, and 2394 frogs. ►…”
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How many species are there on Earth? Progress and problems by Wiens, John J

“…How many species exist on Earth? Projections range from millions to trillions. A 2011 paper in PLOS Biology provided a comprehensive estimate of 9 million…”
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Diversification rates and species richness across the Tree of Life by Scholl, Joshua P., Wiens, John J.

“…Species richness varies dramatically among clades across the Tree of Life, by over a million-fold in some cases (e.g. placozoans versus arthropods). Two major…”
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Missing Data in Phylogenetic Analysis: Reconciling Results from Simulations and Empirical Data by Wiens, John J., Morrill, Matthew C.

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A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes by Pyron, R Alexander, Burbrink, Frank T, Wiens, John J

“…The extant squamates (>9400 known species of lizards and snakes) are one of the most diverse and conspicuous radiations of terrestrial vertebrates, but no…”
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RE-EVOLUTION OF LOST MANDIBULAR TEETH IN FROGS AFTER MORE THAN 200 MILLION YEARS, AND RE-EVALUATING DOLLO'S LAW by Wiens, John J.

“…Dollo's law states that structures that are evolutionarily lost will not be regained. Recent phylogenetic studies have revealed several potential examples in…”
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Historical biogeography, ecology and species richness by Wiens, John J., Donoghue, Michael J.

“…Ecology and historical (phylogeny-based) biogeography have much to offer one another, but exchanges between these fields have been limited. Historical…”
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Faster diversification on land than sea helps explain global biodiversity patterns among habitats and animal phyla by Wiens, John J, Cornell, Howard

“…Terrestrial environments occupy ~ 30% of the Earth's surface yet contain ~ 80% of all species. The causes of this dramatic biodiversity gradient have remained…”
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Highly incomplete taxa can rescue phylogenetic analyses from the negative impacts of limited taxon sampling by Wiens, John J, Tiu, Jonathan

“…Phylogenies are essential to many areas of biology, but phylogenetic methods may give incorrect estimates under some conditions. A potentially common scenario…”
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Quantifying the demographic cost of human-related mortality to a raptor population by Grainger Hunt, W, David Wiens, J, Law, Peter R, Fuller, Mark R, Hunt, Teresa L, Driscoll, Daniel E, Jackman, Ronald E

“…Raptors are exposed to a wide variety of human-related mortality agents, and yet population-level effects are rarely quantified. Doing so requires modeling…”
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