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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volume 42, 2014

Evolution of Neogene Mammals in Eurasia: Environmental Forcing and Biotic Interactions

Abstract

The relative weights of physical forcing and biotic interaction as drivers of evolutionary change have been debated in evolutionary theory. The recent finding that species, genera, clades, and chronofaunas all appear to exhibit a symmetrical pattern of waxing and waning lends support to the view that biotic interactions shape the history of life. Yet, there is similarly abundant evidence that these primary units of biological evolution arise and wane in coincidence with major climatic change. We review these patterns and the process-level explanations offered for them. We also propose a tentative synthesis, characterized by interdependence between physical forcing and biotic interactions. We suggest that species with evolutionary novelties arise predominantly in “species factories” that develop under harsh environmental conditions, under dominant physical forcing, whereas exceptionally mild environments give rise to “oases in the desert,” characterized by strong competition and survival of relics.

Keyword(s): community dynamics, computational methods, ecometrics, paleobiology, precipitation
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Evolution of Neogene Mammals in Eurasia: Environmental Forcing and Biotic Interactions
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