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A temporally dynamic approach for cladistic biogeography and the processes underlying the biogeographic patterns of North American deserts

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Author(s):
Gamez, Niza ; Nihei, Silvio S. ; Scheinvar, Enrique ; Morrone, Juan J.
Total Authors: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH; v. 55, n. 1, p. 11-18, FEB 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 7
Abstract

We implemented a temporally dynamic approach to the cladistic biogeographic analysis of 13 areas of North American deserts and several plant and animal taxa. We undertook a parsimony analysis of paralogy-free subtrees based on 43 phylogenetic hypotheses of arthropod, vertebrate and plant taxa, assigning their nodes to three different time slices based on their estimated minimum ages: Early-Mid-Miocene (23-7Ma), Late Miocene/Pliocene (6.9-2.5Ma) and Pleistocene (2.4-0.011Ma). The analyses resulted in three general area cladograms, one for each time slice, showing different area relationships. They allowed us to detect influences of different geological and palaeoclimatological events of the Early-Mid-Miocene, Late Miocene/Pliocene and Pleistocene that might have affected the diversification of the desert biota. Several diversification events in the deserts of North America might have been driven by Neogene uplift, marine incursion and the opening of the California Gulf during the Miocene-Pliocene, whereas climatic fluctuations had the highest impact during the Pleistocene. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/05131-6 - Taxonomy and cladistic of the genus Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 (Diptera; Streblidae)
Grantee:Silvio Shigueo Nihei
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants