Conceptual and statistical problems with the DEC+ J model of founder‐event speciation and its comparison with DEC via model selection

RH Ree, I Sanmartín - Journal of Biogeography, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic studies of geographic range evolution are increasingly using statistical model
selection methods to choose among variants of the dispersal‐extinction‐cladogenesis …

Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data

V Opatova, CA Hamilton, M Hedin… - Systematic …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
The infraorder Mygalomorphae is one of the three main lineages of spiders comprising over
3000 nominal species. This ancient group has a worldwide distribution that includes among …

Ghost introgression facilitates genomic divergence of a sympatric cryptic lineage in Cycas revoluta

JT Chang, K Nakamura, CT Chao, MX Luo… - Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A cryptic lineage is a genetically diverged but morphologically unrecognized variant of a
known species. Clarifying cryptic lineage evolution is essential for quantifying species …

High species diversity of Phintella and Phintella‐like spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Vietnam revealed by DNA‐based species delimitation analyses

LTH Phung, YC Su, T Yamasaki, YY Li… - Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Salticidae (jum** spiders) usually exhibit pronounced sexual dimorphism in adult
morphology, particularly body coloration and size and shape of the first legs. Consequently …

Geographical and temporal origins of terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan

J He, Z Gao, Y Su, S Lin, H Jiang - Journal of Biogeography, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Phylogeographical studies of Taiwan have advanced our knowledge of the
origins of its fauna, but the discrepancies raise issues related to the interpretation of single …

Wiped out by an earthquake? The 'extinct'Taiwanese swallowtail butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) was morphologically and genetically distinct

V Nazari, SH Yen, YF Hsu, G Shapoval, N Shapoval… - PloS one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
For the first time, we obtained for the first time a COI DNA barcode from museum specimens
of the Old World swallowtail butterfly endemic to Taiwan, Papilio machaon ssp. sylvina, that …

Riding the Kuroshio Current: Step** stone dispersal of the Okinawa tree lizard across the East Asian Island Arc

SF Yang, S Komaki, RM Brown… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Located hundreds of kilometres offshore of continental mainland Asia, the extremely
high level of land vertebrate endemism in the East Asian Island Arc provides an excellent …

Within‐island diversification in the land snail genus Formosana (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae) in Taiwan

CC Hwang, MJ Ger, SP Wu - Zoologica Scripta, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The morphology‐based species delimitation of the land snail genus Formosana
(Clausiliidae) was questioned, due to the high intraspecific variability and interspecific …

Biogeography of land snail genus Acusta (Gastropoda: Camaenidae): diversification on East Asian islands

CC Hwang, WC Zhou, MJ Ger, Y Guo, ZX Qian… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
East Asia has highly diverse and endemic biota due to its complex geological and climatic
history and its diversified topography. The continental and insular distributions of land snail …

Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands

LJ Chueca, BJ Gómez‐Moliner, M Forés… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Our aim was to assess the evolutionary history of the land snail genus Xerocrassa on
the Balearic Islands with a molecular phylogeny. We investigated how the main …