Sky Islands are a global tool for predicting the ecological and evolutionary consequences of climate change

SJ Love, JA Schweitzer, SA Woolbright… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Sky islands are unique geologic formations, home to populations of organisms that have
weathered climate change since the Pleistocene. Long-term isolation and climatic …

Microevolutionary dynamics show tropical valleys are deeper for montane birds of the Atlantic Forest

G Thom, M Gehara, BT Smith, CY Miyaki… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tropical mountains hold more biodiversity than their temperate counterparts, and this
disparity is often associated with the latitudinal climatic gradient. However, distinguishing the …

Amazonian avian biogeography: Broadscale patterns, microevolutionary processes, and habitat-specific models revealed by multidisciplinary approaches

JMG Capurucho, LJ Musher, A Lees, MA Rego… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Our understanding of Amazonian biogeography is quickly increasing, catalyzed by the
growing use of genomic datasets, improved knowledge of species distributions, and the …

Montane diversification as a mechanism of speciation in neotropical butterflies

L de Moraes Magaldi, PE Gueratto… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mountains in the Atlantic Forest domain are environments that harbor a high
biodiversity, including species adapted to colder climates that were probably influenced by …

Investigating the relative role of dispersal and demographic traits in predictive phylogeography

R Mascarenhas, A Carolina Carnaval - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies suggest that aside from environmental variables, such as topography and
climate, species‐specific ecological traits are relevant to explain the geographic distribution …

Multiple concordant cytonuclear divergences and potential hybrid speciation within a species complex in Asia

C Dai, P Feng - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Various environmental factors impact the distribution, population structure, demography and
evolutionary trajectory of a bird species, leading to genetic and morphological divergences …

Population dynamics of Amazonian floodplain forest species support spatial variation on genetic diversity but not range expansions through time

G Thom, CC Ribas, E Schultz, A Aleixo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The distribution and connectivity of floodplain environments along major Amazonian
rivers changed considerably over time following physiographic and climatic events …

A multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot

CY Miyaki, FW Cruz, M Hickerson, FA Michelangeli… - Biota …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
We briefly describe selected results from our thematic project focused on the biodiversity of
the Atlantic Forest (“AF BIOTA”), which was jointly funded by FAPESP's BIOTA Program, the …

Amazonian avian biogeography: Broadscale patterns, microevolutionary processes, and habitat-specific models revealed by multidisciplinary approaches.

JM Guimarães Capurucho, LJ Musher… - Ornithology (Oxford …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Our understanding of Amazonian biogeography is quickly increasing, catalyzed by the
growing use of genomic datasets, improved knowledge of species distributions, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Historical demography of Trichothraupis melanops (Aves: Thraupidae) and the Pleistocene Atlantic Forest biogeography

AA Turner, NT Arias, GS Cabanne - El hornero, 2023 - SciELO Argentina
The climatic cycles of the Pleistocene affected the distribution of the vegetation of different
bio-mes, determining the distribution and evolution of the associated fauna. Many studies of …