Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Niche expansion and adaptive divergence in the global radiation of crows and ravens

  • Joan Garcia-Porta,
  • Daniel Sol,
  • Matt Pennell,
  • Ferran Sayol,
  • Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou,
  • Carlos A. Botero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29707-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Traits that facilitate adaptive responses to novel environments may facilitate global radiations. Here, the authors describe diversification dynamics of crows, finding that their global radiation coincides with high rates of phenotypic and climatic niche evolution.