Phylogeographical patterns shed light on evolutionary process in S outh A merica

AC Turchetto‐Zolet, F Pinheiro, F Salgueiro… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

Applications of species distribution modeling to paleobiology

JC Svenning, C Fløjgaard, KA Marske… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Species distribution modeling (SDM: statistical and/or mechanistic approaches to the
assessment of range determinants and prediction of species occurrence) offers new …

Predicting the past distribution of species climatic niches

D Nogués‐Bravo - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting past distributions of species climatic niches, hindcasting, by using climate
envelope models (CEMs) is emerging as an exciting research area. CEMs are used to …

Multilocus Species Trees Show the Recent Adaptive Radiation of the Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies

KM Kozak, N Wahlberg, AFE Neild… - Systematic …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Müllerian mimicry among Neotropical Heliconiini butterflies is an excellent example of
natural selection, associated with the diversification of a large continental-scale radiation …

Present Spatial Diversity Patterns of Theobroma cacao L. in the Neotropics Reflect Genetic Differentiation in Pleistocene Refugia Followed by Human-Influenced …

E Thomas, M van Zonneveld, J Loo, T Hodgkin… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is indigenous to the Amazon basin, but is generally believed
to have been domesticated in Mesoamerica for the production of chocolate beverage …

Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation

L Beati, S Nava, EJ Burkman, DM Barros-Battesti… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Amblyomma cajennense F. is one of the best known and studied ticks in the
New World because of its very wide distribution, its economical importance as pest of …

Using species distribution models in paleobiogeography: a matter of data, predictors and concepts

S Varela, JM Lobo, J Hortal - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2011 - Elsevier
The increasing interest in the effects of climate changes on species distributions has been
followed by the development of Species Distribution Models (SDMs). Although these …

Biogeography of the Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygoninae) reveals effects of continent‐scale paleogeographic change and drainage …

JP Fontenelle, F Portella Luna Marques… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Paleogeographic changes have had profound effects on the evolution and diversity of
the Neotropical biota. However, the influence of marine incursions on the origin …

Multiple quaternary refugia in the eastern Guiana Shield revealed by comparative phylogeography of 12 frog species

A Fouquet, BP Noonan, MT Rodrigues… - Systematic …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Guiana Shield (GS) is one of the most pristine regions of Amazonia and
biologically one of the richest areas on Earth. How and when this massive diversity arose …

Revisiting Amazonian phylogeography: insights into diversification hypotheses and novel perspectives

RN Leite, DS Rogers - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Amazon Basin harbors one of the richest biotas on Earth, such that a number of
diversification hypotheses have been formulated to explain patterns of Amazonian …