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 …

A review of phylogeography: biotic and abiotic factors

R Kumar, V Kumar - Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Phylogeography expounds population genetics and phylogenetics in straightforward
geographic manner, providing good framework in revealing the evolutionary background of …

Comparative phylogeographic analyses illustrate the complex evolutionary history of threatened cloud forests of northern Mesoamerica

JF Ornelas, V Sosa, DE Soltis, JM Daza, C González… - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Comparative phylogeography can elucidate the influence of historical events on current
patterns of biodiversity and can identify patterns of co-vicariance among unrelated taxa that …

The role of glacial cycles in promoting genetic diversity in the Neotropics: the case of cloud forests during the Last Glacial Maximum

S Ramírez‐Barahona, LE Eguiarte - Ecology and evolution, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The increasing aridity during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has been proposed as a
major factor affecting Neotropical species. The character and intensity of this change …

Forecasting cloud forest in eastern and southern Mexico: conservation insights under future climate change scenarios

OR Rojas-Soto, V Sosa, JF Ornelas - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2012‏ - Springer
Assuming that co-distributed species are exposed to similar environmental conditions,
ecological niche models (ENMs) of cloud forest species were developed to study how …

Finding complexity in complexes: assessing the causes of mitonuclear discordance in a problematic species complex of Mesoamerican toads

TJ Firneno Jr, JR O'Neill, DM Portik… - Molecular …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mitonuclear discordance is a frequently encountered pattern in phylogeographic studies and
occurs when mitochondrial and nuclear DNA display conflicting signals. Discordance …

Consensus between genes and stones in the biogeographic and evolutionary history of Central America

TA Gutiérrez-García, E Vázquez-Domínguez - Quaternary Research, 2013‏ - cambridge.org
Results from genetic and geologic studies can be combined to elucidate some general
patterns of the biogeographic and evolutionary history of Central America (CA) and of its …

The phylogenetic reconstruction of the Neotropical cycad genus Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) reveals disparate patterns of niche evolution

JS Gutiérrez-Ortega, MA Pérez-Farrera… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The cycad genus Ceratozamia comprises 40 species from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and
Honduras, where cycads occur throughout climatically varied montane habitats …

Evolutionary and ecological trends in the Neotropical cycad genus Dioon (Zamiaceae): An example of success of evolutionary stasis

JS Gutiérrez‐Ortega, MA Pérez‐Farrera… - Ecological …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cycads represent an example of the success of evolutionary stasis. Despite their early
origin, they survived multiple events of mass extinction and diversified in modern tropical …

The phylogeography of the cycad genus Dioon (Zamiaceae) clarifies its Cenozoic expansion and diversification in the Mexican transition zone

JS Gutiérrez-Ortega, MM Salinas-Rodríguez… - Annals of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Biogeographic transition zones are promising areas to study
processes of biogeographic evolution and its influence on biological groups. The Mexican …