"Fundamental ecological and evolutionary theories, such as community saturation and diversity-dependent diversification, assume that biotic competition restricts resource use, and thus limits realized niche breadth and geographic range size. This principle is called competitive exclusion. The corol...
"A striking feature of the marine fossil record is the variable intensity of extinction during superficially similar climate transitions. Here we combine climate models and species trait simulations to explore the degree to which differing palaeogeographic boundary conditions and differing magnitud...
"The start of 2020 marks the end of the first decade of Methods in Ecology and Evolution. When we launched the journal in 2010, we did so because of feedback from the community that there was a need for a journal that promoted the publication of new methods. In Issue 1, the launch issue, we publish...
"With 1429 animal species, the Triassic Cassian Formation in the Dolomites, Southern Alps (Italy), yields the highest species richness reported from any spatially constrained pre-Quaternary formation known to science. The high preserved diversity is partly attributable to a high primary diversity g...
"The Late Devonian ammonoid species Acrimeroceras falcisulcatum and A. stella have similar-shaped discoidal adult conchs. Their conch morphology and its ontogenetic development are described and analysed. Despite great similarities in their adult conch morphology, they can be cl...
We are pleased to present the elected members of our Advisory Board.
Our thanks go to the colleagues that candidated and to all participants in the election.
We have a good mix of early career and more experienced scientists and an even gender balance.
The Advisory Board contains following...
The deadline for nominations has passed and we present a list of candidates to join the Paleosynthesis Advisory Board. We have received many nominations, but the list contains only those peers with two or more nominations. The 16 nominees are introduced on the list of candidates.
Seven peers wil...
"In some Devonian strata in the eastern Anti-Atlas, fossil invertebrates are abundant, display a high taxonomic diversity and indicate many shifts in palaeoecology. This is reflected in changes in faunal composition of invertebrates and vertebrates. Fossils of jawed vertebrates of late Lochkovian a...
... Paleosynthesis
Over the last few decades, Paleontology has been transforming from a largely descriptive subject to a predictive science with underestimated potential to elucidate global change impacts and evolutionary laws. Novel research directions, an increasingly quantitative approach, an...
We are asking the paleontological and paleobiological scientific community to participate in our online election of a scientific board, that will evaluate proposals for our planned workshops.
The scientific board will include eight international scientists. Every member of the German scientific ...
