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Coelho FEA, Guillory WX, Gehara M. Coalescent simulations indicate that the São Francisco River is a biogeographic barrier for six vertebrates in a seasonally dry South American forest. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.983134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The riverine barrier hypothesis has been extensively explored in Neotropical rainforests, while its importance in drier regions such as the Caatinga, a seasonally dry tropical forest in northeastern Brazil, has only recently received more attention. The Caatinga is bisected by the São Francisco River (SFR), which has long been suggested to be an important biogeographic feature in the region. However, recent studies have found mixed support for the role of the SFR as a hard barrier, most of them relying on the presence or absence of genetic breaks congruent with its course. Here, we used published multilocus and next-generation data from six vertebrate species to test the SFR’s strength as a barrier. Using model-based approaches (approximate Bayesian computation and supervised machine learning), we tested demographic models incorporating full, intermediate, and zero migration across the SFR, estimating divergence times and migration rates for each species. We found support for the SFR’s role as a barrier, allowing gene flow for some species. Estimated divergence times varied among species but are limited to the late Pleistocene, coherent with one of several proposed paleocourse changes in the river’s geological history. Contrary to the mixed results of previous studies, our study supports the SFR as an important phylogeographic barrier across different taxonomic groups, driving diversification in the Caatinga.
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Coelho FEA, Camurugi F, Marques R, Magalhães FDM, Werneck FP, Garda AA. Historical connections between Atlantic Forest and Amazonia drove genetic and ecological diversity in Lithobates palmipes (Anura, Ranidae). SYST BIODIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2046657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Felipe Eduardo Alves Coelho
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Lagoa Nova, Natal 59078-900, RN, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Lagoa Nova, Natal 59078-900, RN, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Campus I – Cidade Universitaria, S/N, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa 58051-900, Paraíba, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Campus I – Cidade Universitaria, S/N, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa 58051-900, Paraíba, Brasil
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University-Newark, 195 University Ave, Newark 07102, New Jersey NJ, USA
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- Programa de Coleções Científicas Biológicas, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Avenida André Araújo 2936, Aleixo, Manaus 69067-375, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, S/N, Lagoa Nova, Natal 59078-900, RN, Brazil
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Fjeldså J, Bowie RCK. Evolutionary and Ecological Explanations for the Elevational Flexibility of Several East African Bird Species Complexes. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.768062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Africa’s montane areas are broken up into several large and small units, each isolated as forest-capped “sky islands” in a “sea” of dry lowland savanna. Many elements of their biota, including montane forest birds, are shared across several disjunct mountains, yet it has been difficult to rigorously define an Afromontane forest avifauna, or determine its evolutionary relationships with the birds of the surrounding lowland forests. In order to trace the historical relationship between lowland and highland avifaunas, we review cases of species or groups of closely related species with breeding populations at different elevations, and use phylogeographic methods to explore the historical connections between such populations within the biodiversity hotspot of East Africa. The study reveals several idiosyncratic patterns, but also a prominent number of cases of gene flow between populations in southern areas, mainly around the Malawi Rift, and mountains and coastal forests to the north, close to the equator. This may reflect more continuous past distributions through northern Mozambique and coastal Tanzania, or seasonal migrations between areas with different rainfall regimes. Over time, these distributional dynamics have resulted in a higher persistence of lineages, and an accumulation of forest-dependent lineages within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and the northern part of the coastal forest mosaic.
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Nali RC, Becker CG, Zamudio KR, Prado CPA. Topography, more than land cover, explains genetic diversity in a Neotropical savanna tree frog. DIVERS DISTRIB 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- Renato C. Nali
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Rio Claro São Paulo Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Rio Claro São Paulo Brazil
- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Universidade Estadual Paulista Jaboticabal São Paulo Brazil
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Lima LR, Bruschi DP, Do Nascimento FAC, Scherrer De Araújo PV, Costa LP, Thomé MTC, Garda AA, Zattera ML, Mott T. Below the waterline: cryptic diversity of aquatic pipid frogs (Pipa carvalhoi) unveiled through an integrative taxonomy approach. SYST BIODIVERS 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1795742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Luana Rodrigues Lima
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
- Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduaçäo em Genética, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
- Setor de Herpetologia, Museu de História Natural, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57010-020, Alagoas, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, 29075-910, Espírito Santo, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, 29075-910, Espírito Santo, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
- Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59072-970, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduaçäo em Genética, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
- Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 57072-900, Alagoas, Brasil
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Greenwood L, Loader SP, Lawson L, Greenbaum E, Zimkus BM. A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from the Northern Mountains of Tanzania. J NAT HIST 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1757171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Laura Greenwood
- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Life Sciences, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Tolley KA, Conradie W, Harvey J, Measey J, Blackburn DC. Molecular phylogenetics reveals a complex history underlying cryptic diversity in the Bush Squeaker Frog (Arthroleptis wahlbergii) in southern Africa. AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2018.1517608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- KA Tolley
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa
- Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg South Africa
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- Port Elizabeth Museum, Humewood, South Africa
- School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University (George Campus), George, South Africa
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- Devonshire Avenue, Howick, South Africa
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Barratt CD, Bwong BA, Jehle R, Liedtke HC, Nagel P, Onstein RE, Portik DM, Streicher JW, Loader SP. Vanishing refuge? Testing the forest refuge hypothesis in coastal East Africa using genome-wide sequence data for seven amphibians. Mol Ecol 2018; 27:4289-4308. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Christopher D. Barratt
- Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig; Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
- Herpetology Section; National Museums of Kenya; Nairobi Kenya
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- School of Environment and Life Sciences; University of Salford; Salford UK
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- Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
- Ecology, Evolution and Developmental Group; Department of Wetland Ecology; Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC); Sevilla Spain
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- Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig; Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Biology; The University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington Texas
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Arizona; Tucson Arizona
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- Department of Environmental Sciences; University of Basel; Basel Switzerland
- Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum; London UK
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Portillo F, Branch WR, Conradie W, Rödel MO, Penner J, Barej MF, Kusamba C, Muninga WM, Aristote MM, Bauer AM, Trape JF, Nagy ZT, Carlino P, Pauwels OS, Menegon M, Burger M, Mazuch T, Jackson K, Hughes DF, Behangana M, Zassi-Boulou AG, Greenbaum E. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 127:288-303. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Oliveira EF, Martinez PA, São-Pedro VA, Gehara M, Burbrink FT, Mesquita DO, Garda AA, Colli GR, Costa GC. Climatic suitability, isolation by distance and river resistance explain genetic variation in a Brazilian whiptail lizard. Heredity (Edinb) 2017; 120:251-265. [PMID: 29238076 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-017-0017-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Spatial patterns of genetic variation can help understand how environmental factors either permit or restrict gene flow and create opportunities for regional adaptations. Organisms from harsh environments such as the Brazilian semiarid Caatinga biome may reveal how severe climate conditions may affect patterns of genetic variation. Herein we combine information from mitochondrial DNA with physical and environmental features to study the association between different aspects of the Caatinga landscape and spatial genetic variation in the whiptail lizard Ameivula ocellifera. We investigated which of the climatic, environmental, geographical and/or historical components best predict: (1) the spatial distribution of genetic diversity, and (2) the genetic differentiation among populations. We found that genetic variation in A. ocellifera has been influenced mainly by temperature variability, which modulates connectivity among populations. Past climate conditions were important for shaping current genetic diversity, suggesting a time lag in genetic responses. Population structure in A. ocellifera was best explained by both isolation by distance and isolation by resistance (main rivers). Our findings indicate that both physical and climatic features are important for explaining the observed patterns of genetic variation across the xeric Caatinga biome.
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- Eliana Faria Oliveira
- Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. .,Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Laboratório de Zoologia, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Laboratório de Pesquisas Integrativas em Biodiversidade (PIBi Lab), Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, São Cristovão, SE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Lagoa do Sino, Centro de Ciências da Natureza, Buri, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, Natal, RN, Brazil
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Manthey JD, Reyes-Velasco J, Freilich X, Boissinot S. Diversification in a biodiversity hotspot: genomic variation in the river frog Amietia nutti across the Ethiopian Highlands. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Impact of species delimitation and sampling on niche models and phylogeographical inference: A case study of the East African reed frog Hyperolius substriatus Ahl, 1931. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 114:261-270. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Leaché AD, Grummer JA, Miller M, Krishnan S, Fujita MK, Böhme W, Schmitz A, Lebreton M, Ineich I, Chirio L, Ofori-boateng C, Eniang EA, Greenbaum E, Rödel MO, Wagner P. Bayesian inference of species diffusion in the West African Agama agama species group (Reptilia, Agamidae). SYST BIODIVERS 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Adam D. Leaché
- Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1800, USA
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- Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1800, USA
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- Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1800, USA
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- Department of Biology & Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1800, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Natural History Museum of Geneva, Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology, C.P. 6434, CH-1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle & Sorbonne Universités, Département Systématique et Évolution (Reptiles), ISyEB (Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, UMR 7205 CNRS/UPMC/EPHE/MNHN), Paris, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle & Sorbonne Universités, Département Systématique et Évolution (Reptiles), ISyEB (Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, UMR 7205 CNRS/UPMC/EPHE/MNHN), Paris, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle & Sorbonne Universités, Département Systématique et Évolution (Reptiles), ISyEB (Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, UMR 7205 CNRS/UPMC/EPHE/MNHN), Paris, France
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- Department of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Ave., El Paso, TX, 79968, USA
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D81247, München, Germany
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Padayachee AL, Procheş Ş. Patterns in the diversity and endemism of extant Eocene age lineages across southern Africa. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ashlyn L. Padayachee
- Disicipline of Geography; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus Durban 4000 South Africa
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- Disicipline of Geography; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Westville Campus Durban 4000 South Africa
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McCartney-Melstad E, Shaffer HB. Amphibian molecular ecology and how it has informed conservation. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:5084-109. [PMID: 26437125 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Molecular ecology has become one of the key tools in the modern conservationist's kit. Here we review three areas where molecular ecology has been applied to amphibian conservation: genes on landscapes, within-population processes, and genes that matter. We summarize relevant analytical methods, recent important studies from the amphibian literature, and conservation implications for each section. Finally, we include five in-depth examples of how molecular ecology has been successfully applied to specific amphibian systems.
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- Evan McCartney-Melstad
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Paz A, Ibáñez R, Lips KR, Crawford AJ. Testing the role of ecology and life history in structuring genetic variation across a landscape: a trait-based phylogeographic approach. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:3723-37. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Andrea Paz
- Department of Biological Sciences; Universidad de los Andes; A.A. 4976 Bogotá Colombia
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Apartado 0843-03092 Panama City Republic of Panama
- Círculo Herpetológico de Panamá; Apartado 0824-00122 Panama City Republic of Panama
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Apartado 0843-03092 Panama City Republic of Panama
- Department of Biology; University of Maryland; College Park MD 20742-4415 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Universidad de los Andes; A.A. 4976 Bogotá Colombia
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Apartado 0843-03092 Panama City Republic of Panama
- Círculo Herpetológico de Panamá; Apartado 0824-00122 Panama City Republic of Panama
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Menegon M, Loader S, Marsden S, Branch W, Davenport T, Ursenbacher S. The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 79:12-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jump AS, Carr M, Ahrends A, Marchant R. Genetic Divergence During Long-term Isolation in Highly Diverse Populations of Tropical Trees Across the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Biotropica 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Alistair S. Jump
- Tropical Ecology and Conservation Group; Biological and Environmental Sciences; School of Natural Sciences; University of Stirling; Stirling FK9 4LA U.K
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- School of Applied Sciences; University of Huddersfield; Huddersfield HD1 3DH U.K
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; 20A Inverleith Row Edinburgh EH3 5LR U.K
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- York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics; Environment Department; University of York; York YO10 5DD U.K
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Cox SC, Prys-Jones RP, Habel JC, Amakobe BA, Day JJ. Niche divergence promotes rapid diversification of East African sky island white-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae). Mol Ecol 2014; 23:4103-18. [PMID: 24954273 PMCID: PMC4255762 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2013] [Revised: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
The Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot composed of highly fragmented forested highlands (sky islands) harbours exceptional diversity and endemicity, particularly within birds. To explain their elevated diversity within this region, models founded on niche conservatism have been offered, although detailed phylogeographic studies are limited to a few avian lineages. Here, we focus on the recent songbird genus Zosterops, represented by montane and lowland members, to test the roles of niche conservatism versus niche divergence in the diversification and colonization of East Africa's sky islands. The species-rich white-eyes are a typically homogeneous family with an exceptional colonizing ability, but in contrast to their diversity on oceanic islands, continental diversity is considered depauperate and has been largely neglected. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of ~140 taxa reveals extensive polyphyly among different montane populations of Z. poliogastrus. These larger endemic birds are shown to be more closely related to taxa with divergent habitat types, altitudinal distributions and dispersal abilities than they are to populations of restricted endemics that occur in neighbouring montane forest fragments. This repeated transition between lowland and highland habitats over time demonstrate that diversification of the focal group is explained by niche divergence. Our results also highlight an underestimation of diversity compared to morphological studies that has implications for their taxonomy and conservation. Molecular dating suggests that the spatially extensive African radiation arose exceptionally rapidly (1-2.5 Ma) during the fluctuating Plio-Pleistocene climate, which may have provided the primary driver for lineage diversification.
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- Siobhan C Cox
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK; Bird Group, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Akeman Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6AP, UK
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Kuo HC, Chen SF, Fang YP, Flanders J, Rossiter SJ. Comparative rangewide phylogeography of four endemic Taiwanese bat species. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:3566-86. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hao-Chih Kuo
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Queen Mary University of London; London E1 4NS UK
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- Center for General Education; National Taipei University; New Taipei City 23741 Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Resources; National Chiayi University; Chiayi City 60004 Taiwan
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- School of Biological Sciences; University of Bristol; Bristol BS8 1UG UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Queen Mary University of London; London E1 4NS UK
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Zancolli G, Steffan-Dewenter I, Rödel MO. Amphibian diversity on the roof of Africa: unveiling the effects of habitat degradation, altitude and biogeography. DIVERS DISTRIB 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Giulia Zancolli
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology; Biocentre; University of Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology; Biocentre; University of Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde; Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity; Invalidenstr. 43 10115 Berlin Germany
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- John C. Poynton
- a Department of Zoology , Natural History Museum , London , UK
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