Rafael O. Wüest

TL;DR: It is argued for a more pragmatic approach: researchers should constrain the complexity of their models based on study objective, attributes of the data, and an understanding of how these interact with the underlying biological processes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the mathematical foundations of model averaging along with the diversity of approaches available and stress the importance of non-parametric methods such as cross-validation for a reliable uncertainty quantification of model-averaged predictions.

TL;DR: Recent advances in phylogenetic comparative methods, techniques normally used to study adaptation over long periods, are examined, which allow them to be applied to the study of adaptation over shorter time scales.

TL;DR: A case of adaptive radiation where mutualistic interaction is the likely key innovation, providing new insights into the mechanisms involved in the buildup of biodiversity is presented.

TL;DR: In this assemblage of European birds, patterns of phylogenetic signal suggest that related species resemble each other less in regard to their climatic and habitat niches than they do in their trophic niche, and Kappa estimates show that ecological divergence does not gradually increase with divergence time, and that this punctualism is stronger in climatic Niches than in habitat and Trophic niches.