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Insect Diversification Patterns

Insect Diversification Patterns is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that characterizes the temporal, spatial, and phylogenetic distribution of speciation and extinction events across insect lineages, distinguishing it from related macroevolutionary patterns by its focus on lineage-specific radiations, adaptive trajectories, and ecological drivers shaping insect biodiversity through geological time.

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Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

Brian M. Wiegmann, Michelle Trautwein, Isaac S. Winkler et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 978 citations · Full text

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"Inordinate Fondness" Explained: Why Are There So Many Beetles?

Brian D. Farrell · Science · 1998 · 846 citations

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The Phylogenetic Study of Adaptive Zones: Has Phytophagy Promoted Insect Diversification?

Charles Mitter, Brian D. Farrell, Brian M. Wiegmann · The American Naturalist · 1988 · 729 citations

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Physiological Diversity in Insects: Ecological and Evolutionary Contexts

Steven L. Chown, John S. Terblanche · Advances in insect physiology · 2006 · 569 citations · Full text

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"Patterns of Speciation in Drosophila" Revisited

Jerry A. Coyne, H. Allen Orr · Evolution · 1997 · 495 citations · Full text

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    Niklas Wahlberg

    University of Turku, Finland

    15 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Fabien L. Condamine

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    13 publications · 748 citations

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  3. BD
    Brian D. Farrell

    Harvard University, United States

    12 publications · 2.6K citations

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  4. GJ
    Gaël J. Kergoat

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    7 publications · 554 citations

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  5. KR
    Keith R. Willmott

    Florida Museum of Natural History, United States

    7 publications · 489 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    132 publications

    15.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    18 h-index

    28 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    44 publications

    2.1K citations

  4. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    16 h-index

    40 publications

    5.2K citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    14 h-index

    46 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. École Pratique des Hautes Études

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    44 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    54 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. BMC Evolutionary Biology

    21 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    24 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Evolution

    19 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Molecular Ecology

    17 publications · 887 citations

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