@article{14659e52eb6649c0a462af4bc1737cd1,
title = "Taxon cycle predictions supported by model-based inference in Indo-Pacific trap-jaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Odontomachus)",
abstract = "Nonequilibrium dynamics and non-neutral processes, such as trait-dependent dispersal, are often missing from quantitative island biogeography models despite their potential explanatory value. One of the most influential nonequilibrium models is the taxon cycle, but it has been difficult to test its validity as a general biogeographical framework. Here, we test predictions of the taxon cycle model using six expected phylogenetic patterns and a time-calibrated phylogeny of Indo-Pacific Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), one of the ant genera that E.O. Wilson used when first proposing the hypothesis. We used model-based inference and a newly developed trait-dependent dispersal model to jointly estimate ancestral biogeography, ecology (habitat preferences for forest interiors, vs. “marginal” habitats, such as savannahs, shorelines, disturbed areas) and the linkage between ecology and dispersal rates. We found strong evidence that habitat shifts from forest interior to open and disturbed habitats increased macroevolutionary dispersal rate. In addition, lineages occupying open and disturbed habitats can give rise to both island endemics re-occupying only forest interiors and taxa that re-expand geographical ranges. The phylogenetic predictions outlined in this study can be used in future work to evaluate the relative weights of neutral (e.g., geographical distance and area) and non-neutral (e.g., trait-dependent dispersal) processes in historical biogeography and community ecology.",
keywords = "Formicidae, Melanesia, biogeography, diversification, insect, taxon cycle",
author = "P{\'a}vel Matos-Marav{\'i} and Matzke, {Nicholas J.} and Larabee, {Fredrick J.} and Clouse, {Ronald M.} and Wheeler, {Ward C.} and Sorger, {Daniela Magdalena} and Suarez, {Andrew V.} and Milan Janda",
note = "We are indebted to the staff of the New Guinea Binatang Research Center and to V. Novotny and S.E. Miller for assistance with our research projects, and to the Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation for assistance with research permits. We are grateful to S. Cover and N.E. Pierce for assistance and access to specimens in MCZ, to A. Andersen and B. Hoffman for kindly providing voucher specimens and DNA sequences for Australian species, M. Borovanska for assistance in the laboratory, to Jesse Czekanski-Moir for contributing Palau samples and to D. General and G. Alpert for contributing the Philippine samples. We thank Rosemary Gillespie, Evan P. Economo, S{\o}ren Faurby and six anonymous reviewers for constructive comments on previous versions of the manuscript. Funding was provided by the Czech Science Foundation (P505/12/2467), the Putnam Expedition Grants (Museum of Comparative Zoology), GAJU (003/2015/P; 152/2016/ P), CONACYT DICB‐2016 No. 282471 and UNAM PAPIIT IN206818. NJM was supported by a NIMBioS Fellowship under NSF award #EFJ0832858 and ARC DECRA Fellowship DE150101773. FJL was supported by the National Science Foundation (DDIG DEB‐1407279) and the Smithsonian Institution (Peter Buck Fellowship). AVS was supported by the National Geographic Society's Explorers Grant. WCW was supported by funds from the American Museum of Natural History and the US Army Research Laboratory and the US Army Research Office under contract/grant number W911NF‐05‐1‐0271. Computational resources were provided by the MetaCentrum under the program LM2010005 and the CERIT‐SC under the program Centre CERIT Scientific Cloud, part of the Operational Program Research and Development for Innovations, Reg. no. CZ.1.05/3.2.00/08.0144. Czech Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: P505/12/2467; Putnam Expedition Grants; GAJU, Grant/Award Number: 003/ 2015/P, 152/2016/P; European Commission; CONACYT DICB-2016, Grant/ Award Number: 282471; UNAM PAPIIT, Grant/Award Number: IN206818; National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis Fellowship, Grant/Award Number: #EFJ0832858; Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship, Grant/Award Number: DE150101773; National Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: DDIG DEB-1407279; Smithsonian Institution; National Geographic Society's Explorers Grant; American Museum of Natural History; US Army Research Laboratory; US Army Research Office, Grant/Award Number: W911NF-05-1-0271 We are indebted to the staff of the New Guinea Binatang Research Center and to V. Novotny and S.E. Miller for assistance with our research projects, and to the Papua New Guinea Department of Environment and Conservation for assistance with research permits. We are grateful to S. Cover and N.E. Pierce for assistance and access to specimens in MCZ, to A. Andersen and B. Hoffman for kindly providing voucher specimens and DNA sequences for Australian species, M. Borovanska for assistance in the laboratory, to Jesse Czekanski-Moir for contributing Palau samples and to D. General and G. Alpert for contributing the Philippine samples. We thank Rosemary Gillespie, Evan P. Economo, S{\o}ren Faurby and six anonymous reviewers for constructive comments on previous versions of the manuscript. Funding was provided by the Czech Science Foundation (P505/12/2467), the Putnam Expedition Grants (Museum of Comparative Zoology), GAJU (003/2015/P; 152/2016/P), CONACYT DICB-2016 No. 282471 and UNAM PAPIIT IN206818. NJM was supported by a NIMBioS Fellowship under NSF award #EFJ0832858 and ARC DECRA Fellowship DE150101773. FJL was supported by the National Science Foundation (DDIG DEB-1407279) and the Smithsonian Institution (Peter Buck Fellowship). AVS was supported by the National Geographic Society's Explorers Grant. WCW was supported by funds from the American Museum of Natural History and the US Army Research Laboratory and the US Army Research Office under contract/grant number W911NF-05-1-0271. Computational resources were provided by the MetaCentrum under the program LM2010005 and the CERIT-SC under the program Centre CERIT Scientific Cloud, part of the Operational Program Research and Development for Innovations, Reg. no. CZ.1.05/3.2.00/08.0144.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/mec.14835",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "4090--4107",
journal = "Molecular ecology",
issn = "0962-1083",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "20",
}