Ecological traits influence the phylogenetic structure of bird species co‐occurrences worldwide

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 17; no. 7; pp. 811 - 820
• Main Authors: Barnagaud, Jean‐Yves, Daniel Kissling, W, Sandel, Brody, Eiserhardt, Wolf L, Şekercioğlu, Çağan H, Enquist, Brian J, Tsirogiannis, Constantinos, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, Mouillot, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Science 01.07.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Aves; Biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Birds - classification; Birds - physiology; Body size; carnivores; classification; Climate; diet; Diversification; Ecosystem; Evolution; forest habitats; frugivores; functional traits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; geographical range; Herbivores; Homing Behavior; invertebrates; Life history; macroecology; migratory behavior; Migratory species; Models, Biological; Niches; phylogenetic community structure; phylogenetic fields; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; physiology; species coexistence; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Community structure; Taxonomy; Functional trait; phylogenetic community structure; Coexistence; Phylogeny; Diversification; Vertebrata; Geographic distribution; functional traits; Macroecology; phylogenetic fields; Aves; Distribution range; geographical range; species coexistence; macroecology

The extent to which species’ ecological and phylogenetic relatedness shape their co‐occurrence patterns at large spatial scales remains poorly understood. By quantifying phylogenetic assemblage structure within geographic ranges of >8000 bird species, we show that global co‐occurrence patterns ar...