Keyword

macroevolution

Description: Evolutionary change at or above the species level, studied through patterns and processes across long timescales.

Primary topic: Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q722612

OpenAlex ID: keywords/macroevolution

Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

2003 · Mary Jane West-Eberhard · Oxford University Press eBooks · 6,108

The global diversity of birds in space and time

2012 · W. Jetz, G. H. Thomas, et al. · Nature · 3,920

The structure of evolutionary theory

2002 · Gould, Stephen Jay 1941-2002 · Choice Reviews Online · 2,756

The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance

1982 · Ernst Mayr · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2,296

EltonTraits 1.0: Species‐level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals

2014 · Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, et al. · Ecology · 1,991

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A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution

1998 · Sudhir Kumar, S. Blair Hedges · Nature · 1,936

PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

2009 · Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, et al. · Ecology · 1,658

Speciation and Its Consequences

1990 · H. Bradley Shaffer, Daniel Otte, et al. · Evolution · 1,604

Evolutionary Dynamics of Biological Games

2004 · Martin A. Nowak, Karl Sigmund · Science · 1,182

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Constructing a broadly inclusive seed plant phylogeny

2018 · Stephen A. Smith, Joseph W. Brown · American Journal of Botany · 1,077

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Punctuated equilibrium comes of age

1993 · Stephan jay Gould, Niles Eldredge · Nature · 955

Origin and evolution of the adaptive immune system: genetic events and selective pressures

2009 · Martin F. Flajnik, Masanori Kasahara · Nature Reviews Genetics · 932

Macroevolution, pattern and process

1979 · Steven M. Stanley · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 918

Towards a unified science of cultural evolution

2006 · Alex Mesoudi, Andrew Whiten, et al. · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 866

Toward an ecological synthesis: a case for habitat selection

2003 · Douglas W. Morris · Oecologia · 857

Phenotypic integration: studying the ecology and evolution of complex phenotypes

2003 · Massimo Pigliucci · Ecology Letters · 812

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Testing macro–evolutionary models using incomplete molecular phylogenies

2000 · Oliver G. Pybus, Paul H. Harvey · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 797

Natural Selection: Domains, Levels and Challenges

1992 · George C Williams · 736

Quantitative genetics and developmental constraints on evolution by selection

1984 · James M. Cheverud · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 712

Detecting Natural Selection in Genomic Data

2013 · Joseph J. Vitti, Sharon R. Grossman, et al. · Annual Review of Genetics · 693

On the advantages and disadvantages of larval stages in benthic marine invertebrate life cycles

1999 · JA Pechenik · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 683

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Resynthesizing Evolutionary and Developmental Biology

1996 · Scott F. Gilbert, John M. Opitz, et al. · Developmental Biology · 666

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The Evolution of Morphological Diversity

1997 · Mike Foote · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 652

Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges

1994 · Mark Pagel, George C. Williams · Journal of Animal Ecology · 647

Macroevolution and the biological diversity of plants and herbivores

2009 · Douglas J. Futuyma, Anurag A. Agrawal · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 633

Works count: 6,795

Citation count: 194,500