A process‐based model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages

摘要: Habitat dynamics interacting with species dispersal abilities could generate gradients in diversity and prevalence of traits when the latter are associated potential. Using a process-based model diversification constrained by parameter, we simulated interplay between reef habitat during past 140 million years dispersal, shaping lineage history assemblage composition globally. The emerging patterns from simulations were compared to current related for 6315 tropical fish species. We found significant spatial congruence low values areas large proportion characterized small adult body size, narrow home range mobility behaviour, pelagic larval duration shorter than 21 days diurnal activity. Species such predominantly Indo-Australian Archipelago Caribbean Sea. Furthermore, frequency distribution parameter was match empirical distributions PLD behaviour. Also, rates resulted trait matching distributions. Overall, our findings suggest that dynamics, conjunction processes, influenced fishes, which may explain present-day geography traits.