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      Extra‐pair paternity in birds

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      Molecular Ecology
      John Wiley and Sons Inc.
      mating system, microsatellites, parentage, polyandry

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          Since the first molecular study providing evidence for mating outside the pair bond in birds over 30 years ago, >500 studies have reported rates of extra‐pair paternity (EPP) in >300 bird species. Here, we give a detailed overview of the current literature reporting EPP in birds and highlight the sampling biases and patterns in the data set with respect to taxonomy, avian phylogeny and global regions, knowledge of which will be crucial for correct interpretation of results in future comparative studies. Subsequently, we use this comprehensive dataset to simultaneously test the role of several ecological and life history variables. We do not find clear evidence that variation in EPP across socially monogamous species can be explained by latitude, density (coloniality), migration, generation length, genetic structuring (dispersal distance), or climatic variability, after accounting for phylogeny. These results contrast previous studies, most likely due to the large heterogeneity within species in both EPP and the predictor of interest, indicating that using species averages might be unreliable. Despite the absence of broadscale ecological drivers in explaining interspecific variation in EPP, we suggest that certain behaviours and ecological variables might facilitate or constrain EPP, as indicated by our finding that EPP was negatively associated with latitude within noncolonial species, suggesting a role of breeding synchrony. Thus, rather than focussing on general explanations for variation in EPP across all species, a future focus should be on how various aspects of ecology or life history might have driven variation in EPP among groups of species or populations of the same species. Hence, we argue that variation in EPP can be partly explained when taking the right perspective. This comprehensive overview, and particularly the dataset provided herein will create a foundation for further studies.

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              The global diversity of birds in space and time.

              Current global patterns of biodiversity result from processes that operate over both space and time and thus require an integrated macroecological and macroevolutionary perspective. Molecular time trees have advanced our understanding of the tempo and mode of diversification and have identified remarkable adaptive radiations across the tree of life. However, incomplete joint phylogenetic and geographic sampling has limited broad-scale inference. Thus, the relative prevalence of rapid radiations and the importance of their geographic settings in shaping global biodiversity patterns remain unclear. Here we present, analyse and map the first complete dated phylogeny of all 9,993 extant species of birds, a widely studied group showing many unique adaptations. We find that birds have undergone a strong increase in diversification rate from about 50 million years ago to the near present. This acceleration is due to a number of significant rate increases, both within songbirds and within other young and mostly temperate radiations including the waterfowl, gulls and woodpeckers. Importantly, species characterized with very high past diversification rates are interspersed throughout the avian tree and across geographic space. Geographically, the major differences in diversification rates are hemispheric rather than latitudinal, with bird assemblages in Asia, North America and southern South America containing a disproportionate number of species from recent rapid radiations. The contribution of rapidly radiating lineages to both temporal diversification dynamics and spatial distributions of species diversity illustrates the benefits of an inclusive geographical and taxonomical perspective. Overall, whereas constituent clades may exhibit slowdowns, the adaptive zone into which modern birds have diversified since the Cretaceous may still offer opportunities for diversification.
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                Contributors
                L.Brouwer@MyScience.eu
                Journal
                Mol Ecol
                Mol. Ecol
                10.1111/(ISSN)1365-294X
                MEC
                Molecular Ecology
                John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )
                0962-1083
                1365-294X
                31 October 2019
                November 2019
                : 28
                : 22 ( doiID: 10.1111/mec.v28.22 )
                : 4864-4882
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Department of Animal Ecology & Physiology Institute for Water and Wetland Research Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands
                [ 2 ] Department of Animal Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO‐KNAW) Wageningen The Netherlands
                [ 3 ] Division of Ecology and Evolution Research School of Biology The Australian National University Canberra ACT Australia
                [ 4 ] Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University North Ryde NSW Australia
                Author notes
                [*] [* ] Correspondence

                Lyanne Brouwer, Department of Animal Ecology & Physiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

                Email: L.Brouwer@ 123456MyScience.eu

                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-4851
                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7612-4999
                Article
                MEC15259
                10.1111/mec.15259
                6899757
                31587397
                00ecd169-0244-4ef7-9b0e-60e9028f9754
                © 2019 The Authors. Molecular Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd

                This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 31 May 2019
                : 05 September 2019
                : 13 September 2019
                Page count
                Figures: 10, Tables: 2, Pages: 19, Words: 14446
                Funding
                Funded by: Australian Research Council , open-funder-registry 10.13039/501100000923;
                Award ID: DE130100174
                Categories
                Invited Reviews and Syntheses
                Invited Reviews and Syntheses
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                2.0
                November 2019
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                Ecology
                mating system,microsatellites,parentage,polyandry
                Ecology
                mating system, microsatellites, parentage, polyandry

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