Explosive diversification following continental colonizations by canids
Porto, L. M. V.; Etienne, R. S.; Maestri, R.
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Colonization of a new environment may trigger an explosive radiation process, defined as an accelerated accumulation of species in a short period of time. However, how often colonization events trigger explosive radiations is still an open question. We studied the worldwide dispersal of the subfamily Caninae, to investigate whether the invasion of new continents resulted in explosive radiations. We used a combination of phylogenetic analyses and ancestral area reconstructions to estimate ancestral ranges of 56 extant and extinct species of Caninae, as well as variation in speciation and extinction rates through time and across clades. Our findings indicate that canids experienced an explosive radiation event when lineages were able to cross the Bering Strait and the Isthmus of Panama to reach Eurasia and South America, respectively, around 11 million years ago. This large number of species arising in a short period of time suggests that canids experienced ecological opportunity events within the new areas, implying that the differences in the ecological settings between continents may be responsible for the variation in clade dynamics. We argue that interaction with other carnivores probably also affected the diversification dynamics of canids.
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