Concepedia

Disparity Through Time

Disparity Through Time is a phylogenetic paleobiological metric that quantifies the morphological variety among species within a clade across geological time intervals, distinguishing itself from diversity metrics by emphasizing anatomical differences rather than taxonomic richness.

17

Publications

1.2K

Citations

40

Authors

39

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Parents

Publications

17

DISPARITY: MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERN AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXT

Douglas H. Erwin · Palaeontology · 2007 · 352 citations

, , +14

Clades reach highest morphological disparity early in their evolution

Martin Hughes, Sylvain Gerber, Matthew A. Wills · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 266 citations · Full text

, , +13

Phylogeny, diversification patterns and historical biogeography of euglossine orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Santiago R. Ramírez, David W. Roubik, Charlotte Skov et al. · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2010 · 145 citations · Full text

, , +17

Eutherian morphological disparity across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Thomas J. D. Halliday, Anjali Goswami · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2015 · 80 citations · Full text

, , +15

Ecological variation in South American geophagine cichlids arose during an early burst of adaptive morphological and functional evolution

Jessica H. Arbour, Hernán López‐Fernández · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2013 · 56 citations · Full text

, , +15

1–5 of 17

Authors

40

  1. MA
    Matthew A. Wills

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 313 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. SG
    Sylvain Gerber

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 313 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. MH
    Martin Hughes

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 313 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. WG
    Walter G. Joyce

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    2 publications · 38 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. JH
    Jessica H. Arbour

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 71 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 40

Institutions

39

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    334 citations

  2. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    892 citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    192 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    103 citations

  5. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    399 citations

  6. University of Fribourg

    Fribourg, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  7. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

    Hayama, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

1–8 of 39

Venues

  1. Palaeontology

    2 publications · 408 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. 2

    h-index

  3. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    2 publications · 225 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Paleobiology

    2 publications · 63 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1 publications · 266 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5