Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification

11 páginas, 3 figuras, 2 tablas.

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Authors: Gómez Reyes, José M., Verdú, Miguel
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/56474
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Diversification
Extinction
Fossils
Mutualism
Primates
Seed dispersal
Speciation
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spelling Mutualism with plants drives primate diversificationGómez Reyes, José M.Verdú, MiguelDiversificationExtinctionFossilsMutualismPrimatesSeed dispersalSpeciation11 páginas, 3 figuras, 2 tablas.Understanding the origin of diversity is a fundamental problem in biology. Evolutionary diversification has been intensely explored during the last years due to the development of molecular tools and the comparative method. However, most studies are conducted using only information from extant species. This approach probably leads to misleading conclusions, especially because of inaccuracy in the estimation of extinction rates. It is critical to integrate the information generated by extant organisms with the information obtained from the fossil record. Unfortunately, this integrative approach has been seldom performed, and thus, our understanding of the factors fueling diversification is still deficient. Ecological interactions are a main factor shaping evolutionary diversification by influencing speciation and extinction rates. Most attention has focused on the effect of antagonistic interactions on evolutionary diversification. In contrast, the role of mutualistic interactions in shaping diversification has been much less explored. In this study, by combining phylogenetic, neontological, and paleontological information, we show that a facultative mutualistic plant-animal interaction emerging from frugivory and seed dispersal has most likely contributed to the diversification of our own lineage, the primates. We compiled diet and seed dispersal ability in 381 extant and 556 extinct primates. Using well-established molecular phylogenies, we demonstrated that mutualistic extant primates had higher speciation rates, lower extinction rates, and thereby higher diversification rates than nonmutualistic ones. Similarly, mutualistic fossil primates had higher geological durations and smaller per capita rates of extinction than nonmutualistic ones. As a mechanism underlying this pattern, we found that mutualistic extinct and extant primates have significantly larger geographic ranges, which promotes diversification by hampering extinction and increasing geographic speciation. All these outcomes together strongly suggest that the establishment of a facultative mutualism with plants has greatly benefited primate evolution and fueled its taxonomic diversification.We thank L. Culot for providing unpublished information, E.W. Schupp, M. Galetti, P.-M. Forget, P. Jordano, J. Lambert, J.N. Thompson, M.C. Castellanos, S. Moyà Solà, and J.S. Carrión for reviewing a previous version of the manuscript, and R.G. FitzJohn for continuous support with the diversitree software.Peer reviewedOxford University Press201220122012info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/56474reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr127info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/564742026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
title Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
spellingShingle Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
Gómez Reyes, José M.
Diversification
Extinction
Fossils
Mutualism
Primates
Seed dispersal
Speciation
title_short Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
title_full Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
title_fullStr Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
title_full_unstemmed Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
title_sort Mutualism with plants drives primate diversification
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez Reyes, José M.
Verdú, Miguel
author Gómez Reyes, José M.
author_facet Gómez Reyes, José M.
Verdú, Miguel
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author2 Verdú, Miguel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Diversification
Extinction
Fossils
Mutualism
Primates
Seed dispersal
Speciation
topic Diversification
Extinction
Fossils
Mutualism
Primates
Seed dispersal
Speciation
description 11 páginas, 3 figuras, 2 tablas.
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