Taxon cycle

Taxon cycles refer to a biogeographical theory of how species evolve through range expansions and contractions over time associated with adaptive shifts in the ecology and morphology of species. The taxon cycle concept was explicitly formulated by biologist E. O. Wilson in 1961^[1] after he surveyed the distributions, habitats, behavior and morphology of ant species in the Melanesian archipelago.^[2]

^ Wilson, Edward O. (1961). "The Nature of the Taxon Cycle in the Melanesian Ant Fauna". The American Naturalist. 95 (882): 169–193. doi:10.1086/282174. ISSN 0003-0147. JSTOR 2458389. S2CID 83701216.
^ Wilson, Edward O. (1959). "Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna". Evolution. 13 (1): 122–144. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1959.tb02996.x. ISSN 1558-5646. S2CID 87203686.

[1] Wilson, Edward O. (1961). "The Nature of the Taxon Cycle in the Melanesian Ant Fauna". The American Naturalist. 95 (882): 169–193. doi:10.1086/282174. ISSN 0003-0147. JSTOR 2458389. S2CID 83701216.

[2] Wilson, Edward O. (1959). "Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna". Evolution. 13 (1): 122–144. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1959.tb02996.x. ISSN 1558-5646. S2CID 87203686.

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