Acknowledging more biodiversity without more species

C Dufresnes, N Poyarkov, D Jablonski - Proceedings of the national …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Delimiting and naming biodiversity is a vital step toward wildlife conservation and research.
However, species delimitation must be consistent across biota so that the limited resources …

Next‐generation species delimitation and taxonomy: implications for biogeography

M Vences, A Miralles, C Dufresnes - Journal of Biogeography, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
An accurate species‐level taxonomy is paramount for biogeographical research, and
conversely, biogeographical data are of importance for species delimitation. We here review …

Phylogeography and paleoclimatic range dynamics explain variable outcomes to contact across a species' range

K Lamb, CL Debban, LF Galloway - Molecular Ecology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Replicability of divergence after contact is a poorly characterized process, particularly in the
contexts of phylogeography and postglacial range dynamics within species. Using contact …

Genome-wide patterns of diversity in the European midwife toad complex: Phylogeographic and conservation prospects

J Ambu, C Caballero-Díaz, G Sánchez-Montes… - Conservation …, 2025‏ - Springer
Assessing how genetic diversity is spatially structured underlies many research questions in
evolutionary ecology and contributes to understanding the factors implicated in population …

Population genetic structure and hybrid zone analyses for species delimitation in the Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus)

K Fukutani, M Matsui, K Nishikawa - PeerJ, 2023‏ - peerj.com
Hybridization following secondary contact may produce different outcomes depending on
the extent to which genetic diversity and reproductive barriers have accumulated during …

Geographic variation in genomic signals of admixture between two closely related European Sepsid Fly species

A Giesen, WU Blanckenhorn, MA Schäfer… - Evolutionary …, 2023‏ - Springer
The extent of interspecific gene flow and its consequences for the initiation, maintenance,
and breakdown of species barriers in natural systems remain poorly understood …

A mixed-methods study on human-frog interactions in Nature's Valley, South Africa

TP Botha, LH du Preez, J Tarrant… - African Journal of …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Despite their ecological significance, frogs receive far less public support and funding for
research and conservation than that afforded to more charismatic animals. An emerging …

Genetic data to describe the hybrid zone between Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) and Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) in northeastern Türkiye

C Dursun, G Sánchez-Montes, N Özdemir, S Gül… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2023‏ - brill.com
Hybrid zones are geographic areas where individuals from distinct taxa meet, mate, and
hybridize. These zones may have complex histories, but many of them originated relatively …

Genomic Evidence for Hybridization and Introgression in a North American Toad (Anaxyrus) Hybrid Zone

KA Cobb, JR Oaks - bioRxiv, 2024‏ - biorxiv.org
Hybrid zones present an excellent opportunity to study the evolution of reproductive isolation
between divergent evolutionary lineages as generations of interbreeding and backcrossing …

[PDF][PDF] Acknowledging more biodiversity without more species

TNH Conservation - 2023‏ - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Delimiting and naming biodiversity is a vital step toward wildlife conservation and research.
However, species delimitation must be consistent across biota so that the limited resources …