Biodiversity in the Mexican highlands and the interaction of geology, geography and climate within the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt

A Mastretta‐Yanes, A Moreno‐Letelier… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim (1) To synthesize data on the physical and phylogeographical history of the Mexican
highlands, with a focus on the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), and (2) to propose …

Quantification of climatic niches in birds: adding the temporal dimension

A Eyres, K Böhning‐Gaese, SA Fritz - Journal of Avian Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the climatic niche from geographic occurrences is an increasingly important
tool for studying species' relationships to their environment, for example to predict responses …

Genetic diversity and conservation of Mexican forest trees

C Wehenkel, SR Mariscal-Lucero… - … and conservation of …, 2017 - Springer
Over the last 200 years, humans have impacted the genetic diversity of forest trees. Because
of widespread deforestation and over-exploitation, about 9000 tree species are listed …

The antiquity of Cyclocarya paliurus (Juglandaceae) provides new insights into the evolution of relict plants in subtropical China since the late Early Miocene

Y Kou, S Cheng, S Tian, B Li, D Fan… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The accumulation of supraspecific lineages in Asia has been linked to climatic changes
and tectonic events starting in the Miocene, but few studies have extended the intraspecific …

Phylogeny and temporal diversification of the New World pond turtles (Emydidae)

PQ Spinks, RC Thomson, E McCartney-Melstad… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive multigene phylogeny and time tree for the turtle family
Emydidae. Our phylogenetic analysis, based on 30 nuclear and four mitochondrial genes …

Population differentiation and phylogeography in Lycianthes moziniana (Solanaceae: Capsiceae), a perennial herb endemic to the Mexican Transition Zone

MA Anguiano-Constante… - Biological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Lycianthes moziniana (Solanaceae: Capsiceae) is a perennial herb with edible
fruits that is endemic to Mexico. Three varieties are recognized, all known in the Mexican …

Using demographic model selection to untangle allopatric divergence and diversification mechanisms in the Rheum palmatum complex in the Eastern Asiatic Region

L Feng, M Ruhsam, YH Wang, ZH Li… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Allopatric divergence is often initiated by geological uplift and restriction to sky‐islands,
climate oscillations, or river capture. However, it can be difficult to establish which …

Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico

GI Giles‐Pérez, E Aguirre‐Planter… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary contact of recently diverged species may have several outcomes, ranging from
rampant hybridization to reinforced reproductive isolation. In plants, selfing tolerance and …

Molecular phylogeny of Juniperus in Iran with special reference to the J. excelsa complex, focusing on J. seravschanica.

F Hojjati, S Kazempour-Osaloo, RP Adams, M Assadi - 2018 - cabidigitallibrary.org
A total of over 100 accessions representing 11 species of Juniperus in Iran using multiple
DNA regions were included in phylogenetic analyses. Analyses of four plastid intergenic …

Incipient speciation, high genetic diversity, and ecological divergence in the alligator bark juniper suggest complex demographic changes during the Pleistocene

RM de León, G Castellanos-Morales… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The most recent glacial cycles of the Pleistocene affected the distribution, population sizes,
and levels of genetic structure of temperate-forest species in the main Mexican mountain …