Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna

TLP Couvreur, G Dauby, A Blach‐Overgaard… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

The genetics of evolutionary radiations

Y Naciri, HP Linder - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With the realization that much of the biological diversity on Earth has been generated by
discrete evolutionary radiations, there has been a rapid increase in research into the biotic …

Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change

M Réjou-Méchain, F Mortier, JF Bastin, G Cornu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Africa is forecasted to experience large and rapid climate change and population growth
during the twenty-first century, which threatens the world's second largest rainforest …

Cradles and museums of generic plant diversity across tropical Africa

LPMJ Dagallier, SB Janssens, G Dauby… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Determining where species diversify (cradles) and persist (museums) over evolutionary time
is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity and for conservation …

Outstanding plant endemism levels strongly support the recognition of campo rupestre provinces in mountaintops of eastern South America

M Colli‐Silva, TNC Vasconcelos… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The Brazilian campo rupestre is a vegetation associated to ancient
mountaintops in eastern South America, spread mainly over disjunct areas of the Espinhaço …

A third of the tropical African flora is potentially threatened with extinction

T Stévart, G Dauby, PP Lowry, A Blach-Overgaard… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Preserving tropical biodiversity is an urgent challenge when faced with the growing needs of
countries. Despite their crucial importance for terrestrial ecosystems, most tropical plant …

Floristic evidence for alternative biome states in tropical Africa

JC Aleman, A Fayolle, C Favier… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The idea that tropical forest and savanna are alternative states is crucial to how we manage
these biomes and predict their future under global change. Large-scale empirical evidence …

Dissecting the difference in tree species richness between Africa and South America

PL Silva de Miranda, KG Dexter… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Differences in species diversity over continental scales represent imprints of evolutionary,
ecological, and biogeographic events. Here, we investigate whether the higher tree species …

Fitogeografía de la provincia Altoandina del Cono Sur de Sudamérica

F Biganzoli, M Oyarzabal, S Teillier… - Darwiniana, nueva …, 2022 - SciELO Argentina
Resumen BIGANZOLI, Fernando; OYARZABAL, Mariano; TEILLIER, Sebastián y ZULOAGA,
Fernando O.. FITOGEOGRAFÍA DE LA PROVINCIA ALTOANDINA DEL CONO SUR DE …

Ecological and genomic vulnerability to climate change across native populations of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora)

R Tournebize, L Borner, S Manel… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The assessment of population vulnerability under climate change is crucial for planning
conservation as well as for ensuring food security. Coffea canephora is, in its native habitat …