Global variation in the relationship between avian phylogenetic diversity and functional distance.
Keaghan J Yaxley (ANU); Alexander Skeels (ANU); Robert A Foley (University of Cambridge). If evolutionary distance is akin to evolutionary chance, then it follows that species assemblages that are distantly related will also be more disparate in terms of their traits, features and the niches they occupy. Yet, studies have found that the total phylogenetic distance […]