“…Examples of PNC in particular traits abound across multiple taxa including birds (Khaliq et al, 2015; Lovette & Hochachka, 2006), mammals (Cooper et al, 2011; da Silva et al, 2020), frogs (Hu et al, 2016; Pyron et al, 2015; Vidal‐García & Keogh, 2017), insects (D'Agostino et al, 2022; Dorey et al, 2020; Morinière et al, 2016) and plants (Ackerly, 2009; Barros et al, 2020; Folk et al, 2019; Kerkhoff et al, 2014; Kolanowska et al, 2017). Current tests of niche conservatism often examine the degree to which traits follow the phylogenetic history of a given group (Cooper et al, 2010; Münkemüller et al, 2015), but usually lack a comparative framework.…”