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| Kenneth H KozakSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Phylogenetic analysis of ecomorphological divergence, community structure, and diversification rates in dusky salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus)Kenneth H Kozak
Department of Biology, Box 1137, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Evolution 59:2000-16. 2005....
Rapid lineage accumulation in a non-adaptive radiation: phylogenetic analysis of diversification rates in eastern North American woodland salamanders (Plethodontidae: Plethodon)Kenneth H Kozak
Department of Biology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Proc Biol Sci 273:539-46. 2006..Rapid diversification among lineages exhibiting long-term maintenance of their bioclimatic niche requirements is an under-appreciated phenomenon driving the build-up of species richness...
Does niche conservatism promote speciation? A case study in North American salamandersKenneth H Kozak
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 5245, USA
Evolution 60:2604-21. 2006..Our results demonstrate that even the relatively subtle climatic differences between montane and lowland habitats in eastern North America may play a key role in the origin of new species...
Integrating GIS-based environmental data into evolutionary biologyKenneth H Kozak
Bell Museum of Natural History and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
Trends Ecol Evol 23:141-8. 2008..Here, we describe how the integration of GIS-based environmental data, along with new spatial tools, can transform evolutionary studies and reveal new insights into the ecological causes of evolutionary patterns...
The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biologyJeannine Cavender-Bares
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
Ecol Lett 12:693-715. 2009..Harnessing phylogenetic information to understand and forecast changes in diversity and dynamics of communities is a critical step in managing and restoring the Earth's biota in a time of rapid global change...
The importance of comparative phylogeography in diagnosing introduced species: a lesson from the seal salamander, Desmognathus monticolaRonald M Bonett
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
BMC Ecol 7:7. 2007..Using Nested Clade Analysis (NCA) we test whether the Ozark isolate results from population fragmentation (a natural relict) or long distance dispersal (a human-mediated introduction)...
Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversificationKenneth H Kozak
Bell Museum of Natural History and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA
Ecol Lett 13:1378-89. 2010..Finally, these results indicate that evolutionary conservatism in climatic niches may be influenced by interactions between species and clades, rather than physiological tolerances alone...
Niche conservatism drives elevational diversity patterns in Appalachian salamandersKenneth H Kozak
Bell Museum of Natural History and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
Am Nat 176:40-54. 2010..The results also suggest that montane biotas may harbor high levels of both species diversity and phylogenetic diversity but may be particularly susceptible to rapid climate change...
Climatic zonation drives latitudinal variation in speciation mechanismsKenneth H Kozak
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 5245, USA
Proc Biol Sci 274:2995-3003. 2007....
Can parallel diversification occur in sympatry? Repeated patterns of body-size evolution in coexisting clades of North American salamandersKenneth H Kozak
Bell Museum of Natural History and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
Evolution 63:1769-84. 2009..Although parallel diversification of sympatric clades may seem counterintuitive, we discuss several ecological and evolutionary factors that may allow the phenomenon to occur...
How is the rate of climatic-niche evolution related to climatic-niche breadth?M Caitlin Fisher-Reid
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 5245, USA
Evolution 66:3836-51. 2012..In summary, our results show that narrower niche breadths are not necessarily associated with faster rates of niche evolution...
Recent range-wide demographic expansion in a Taiwan endemic montane bird, Steere's Liocichla (Liocichla steerii)Bailey D McKay
Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
BMC Evol Biol 10:71. 2010..We used mitochondrial DNA sequences and nuclear microsatellites to test whether the evolutionary history of an endemic montane bird, Steere's Liocichla (Liocichla steerii), fit the general vicariant paradigm for a montane organism...
Gene lineages and eastern North American palaeodrainage basins: phylogeography and speciation in salamanders of the Eurycea bislineata species complexKenneth H Kozak
Department of Biology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
Mol Ecol 15:191-207. 2006....
