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Paleontology
The study of ancient life through fossils, including evolution, extinction, paleoecology, biostratigraphy, and the reconstruction of past environments and biodiversity through geological time
3 papers in this specialization
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Biogeographic regionalization of the Neotropical region: New map and shapefile
The paper presents a new map and shapefile of the 57 biogeographic provinces of the Neotropical region. These provinces are delimited based on a combination of endemism and ecoregions, and are classified into three subregions and two transition zones.
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Jul 14, 11:08 AM
An encrusting kleptoparasite-host interaction from the early Cambrian
Researchers found evidence of a kleptoparasitic relationship between a tube-dwelling organism and a brachiopod host in the early Cambrian. The tube organisms attached to the brachiopods, stealing their food and reducing their biomass, which suggests a parasitic interaction rather than a mutually beneficial one.
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s41467-020-16332-3.pdf
Jul 14, 11:03 AM
phytools 2.0: An updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things)
This paper describes the updated features and functionalities of the 'phytools' R package, a widely used tool for phylogenetic comparative methods. It provides multiple example workflows illustrating the use of 'phytools' for analyzing discrete and continuous character evolution, diversification rates, and visualizing phylogenetic data, including stochastic character mapping, ancestral state reconstruction, and lineage-through-time plots.
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2023.03.08.531791.full.pdf
Jul 14, 11:03 AM
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