Wiens John J, Donoghue Michael J
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2004 Dec;19(12):639-44. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.011.
Ecology and historical (phylogeny-based) biogeography have much to offer one another, but exchanges between these fields have been limited. Historical biogeography has become narrowly focused on using phylogenies to discover the history of geological connections among regions. Conversely, ecologists often ignore historical biogeography, even when its input can be crucial. Both historical biogeographers and ecologists have more-or-less abandoned attempts to understand the processes that determine the large-scale distribution of clades. Here, we describe the chasm that has developed between ecology and historical biogeography, some of the important questions that have fallen into it and how it might be bridged. To illustrate the benefits of an integrated approach, we expand on a model that can help explain the latitudinal gradient of species richness.
生态学与历史（基于系统发育）生物地理学能够相互提供很多东西，但这些领域之间的交流却很有限。历史生物地理学已狭隘地聚焦于利用系统发育来探寻各区域间地质联系的历史。相反，生态学家常常忽视历史生物地理学，即便其贡献可能至关重要。历史生物地理学家和生态学家或多或少都已放弃了理解决定进化枝大规模分布的过程的尝试。在此，我们描述了生态学与历史生物地理学之间形成的鸿沟、陷入其中的一些重要问题以及如何弥合这一鸿沟。为了说明综合方法的益处，我们详细阐述了一个有助于解释物种丰富度纬度梯度的模型。
