Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2014 Feb;29(2):82-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Dec 3.
Coevolutionary diversification is cited as a major mechanism driving the evolution of diversity, particularly in plants and insects. However, tests of coevolutionary diversification have focused on elucidating macroevolutionary patterns rather than the processes giving rise to such patterns. Hence, there is weak evidence that coevolution promotes diversification. This is in part due to a lack of understanding about the mechanisms by which coevolution can cause speciation and the difficulty of integrating results across micro- and macroevolutionary scales. In this review, we highlight potential mechanisms of coevolutionary diversification, outline approaches to examine this process across temporal scales, and propose a set of minimal requirements for demonstrating coevolutionary diversification. Our aim is to stimulate research that tests more rigorously for coevolutionary diversification.
协同进化多样化被认为是推动多样性进化的主要机制，特别是在植物和昆虫中。然而，协同进化多样化的测试主要集中在阐明宏观进化模式上，而不是产生这些模式的过程。因此，几乎没有证据表明协同进化可以促进多样化。这在一定程度上是由于人们对协同进化导致物种形成的机制以及在微观和宏观进化尺度上整合结果的困难缺乏了解。在这篇综述中，我们强调了协同进化多样化的潜在机制，概述了在不同时间尺度上检验这一过程的方法，并提出了一套证明协同进化多样化的基本要求。我们的目的是激发更多严格检验协同进化多样化的研究。
