Community phylogeny structure and its application in entomology

Author of the article:Chongling LIU, Xiaodong YU, Hongzhang ZHOU

Author's Workplace：Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Key Words：Phylogenetic diversity, Environmental filtering, Competition, Null model, Scales

Abstract：As better phylogenetic hypotheses are available for many groups of organisms, more and more studies in community ecology have been involved in the analysis of the phylogenetic structure of communities in recent years, which can help reveal contemporary ecological interactions, as well as link community ecology with biogeography and the study of character evolution. However, this analysis has not been widely used in entomology. In this paper, we mainly discuss (i) the terminology and principles, (ii) the calculation of community phylogenetic values and (iii) the application in entomology.