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Long-term Evolutionary Trends

Long-Term Evolutionary Trends is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that identifies directional patterns of evolutionary change occurring over extended geological timescales, distinguished from short-term fluctuations by their persistence and cumulative nature across lineages.

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2017–2026

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Publications

606

Inferring the historical patterns of biological evolution

Mark Pagel · Nature · 1999 · 5.3K citations

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The Cambrian Conundrum: Early Divergence and Later Ecological Success in the Early History of Animals

Douglas H. Erwin, Marc Laflamme, Sarah M. Tweedt et al. · Science · 2011 · 1.3K citations

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Modes of Animal Speciation

Guy L. Bush · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1975 · 801 citations

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History of subduction and back-arc extension in the Central Mediterranean

Claudio Faccenna, T. W. Becker, Francesco Pio Lucente et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 2001 · 689 citations · Full text

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Maps of time: an introduction to big history

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 551 citations

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Authors

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  1. RJ
    Robert J. Gifford

    MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 316 citations

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  2. DW
    Daniel W. McShea

    Duke University, United States

    4 publications · 597 citations

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  3. MT
    Michael T. Ghiselin

    California Academy of Sciences, United States

    3 publications · 180 citations

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  4. CA
    Christian A. Sidor

    Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, United States

    3 publications · 209 citations

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  5. MH
    Mikko Heino

    Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, Norway

    3 publications · 413 citations

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Institutions

891

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    52 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    42 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    928 citations

  4. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    750 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    4.6K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    3.8K citations

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  1. Paleobiology

    21 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 18 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    13 publications · 478 citations

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  5. Evolution

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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