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Climate stability drives multidimensional nestedness of amphibian assemblages in a Chinese sky island system

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 636-654, March 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The nested subset pattern (nestedness) has been widely used to explain species distributions in island and fragmented systems. Mountain sky islands serve as critical natural laboratories for understanding the evolutionary consequences of geographic isolation and climate
Caiwen Zhang, Shihang Xu, Chuanwu Chen, Chenxiu Zhan, Baowei Zhang, Yanping Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Pachira sensu lato clade (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae) with a new infrageneric classification

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract We explore phylogenetic relationships within the Pachira sensu lato clade (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae), test the monophyly of the genera Eriotheca and Pachira, and investigate their biogeographic history. The Pachira s.l. clade comprises ca. 72 species that traditionally have been placed in Eriotheca and Pachira. We sampled ca. 79% of its species
Vania Nobuko Yoshikawa, Júlia Sousa Siqueira, William S. Alverson, Rafaela Passos Camargo, Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf, Letícia Rafaela de Morais, Flávia Fonseca Pezzini, Marília Cristina Duarte   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecogeography of Lippia rotundifolia Cham. in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ciência Rural
: Lippia rotundifolia is a specie native to the Brazilian Cerrado, endemic to the Cadeia do Espinhaço mountain range. Due to the limited information about the species, the present study aimed to characterize the ecogeography, climate conditions and ...
Messulan Rodrigues Meira, Ernane Ronie Matins, Luciane Vilela Resende   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from caves of the quartzite Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
This study investigated the sandfly fauna of two quartzite caves in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, located in the municipality of Diamantina, state Minas Gerais.
Ricardo Andrade Barata, Estefânia Conceição Apolinário   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Highlands: Climate Drives Evolutionary Connections Between Ancient Neotropical Mountains and Lowland Biomes

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 35, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim The assembly of montane plant communities through time is underlain by historical and abiotic factors. However, the extent of evolutionary connectivity between ancient highland ecosystems and surrounding lowlands remains unclear. Here, we investigate the evolutionary connections between the campos rupestres, a hyperdiverse and fragmented ...
Yago Barros‐Souza, Monique Maianne, Rafael F. Barduzzi, Leonardo M. Borges   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Biogeographic Scope of Next‐Generation Sequencing Methods in Genomic Studies of Montane Taxa

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Next‐generation sequencing has become a powerful tool for increasing the robustness and reliability of phylogeographic analyses. However, it is unclear how much the use of these techniques has grown quantitatively, and to what extent their use has been equitably distributed among regions.
Israel Moreno‐Contreras, Adolfo G. Navarro‐Sigüenza   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocorrência de Pachymerus nucleorum Fabricius predando sementes de Syagrus glaucescens Glaziou ex Becc em Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brasil

EntomoBrasilis, 2019
Resumo. Syagrus glaucescens Glaziou ex Becc (Arecaceae) é uma palmeira pequena, endêmica da região do Espinhaço Meridional, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Esta espécie ocorre em campos rupestres da Serra do Cipó e é muito abundante na região de Diamantina, Minas ...
Adriano Geraldo Fonseca, Fernanda Freitas Sousa, Israel Marinho Pereira, Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Dispersification’ of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) Into South America Is Associated With Hummingbird Pollination and Perennial Life‐History Shifts

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Several mechanisms contribute to the plant biodiversity of the Neotropics, with the highlands of South America serving as important hotspots of diversity. In particular, the Brazilian highlands exhibit high biodiversity due to complex diversification dynamics and a mixture of contributions from different biomes.
Pedro H. Pezzi, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Maribeth Latvis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eriope carpotricha (Lamiaceae, Hyptidinae), a new critically endangered species from the Espinhaço Range of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2025, Issue 12, December 2025.
Eriope (Lamiaceae) is a Neotropical genus primarily found in Brazil's Campos Rupestres and extending to other South American regions. It was confirmed as monophyletic in recent molecular studies and includes over 30 species. Originally described with 13 species, the genus expanded through further classifications and revisions. Recent fieldwork in Monte
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin, Renato Ramos, Jefferson Prado, Arthur de Souza Soares, Marcelo Monge, Raymond Mervyn Harley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fitossociologia de campos rupestres quartzíticos e ferruginosos no Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais Phytosociology of quartzitic and ferruginous rocky outcrop areas in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2012
Foram realizados estudos fitossociológicos de duas áreas em campos rupestres quartzíticos e ferruginosos (sobre itabirito) de MG. Objetivou-se verificar se os litotipos e as geoformas influenciam a vegetação dessas comunidades.
Maria Cristina Teixeira Braga Messias, Mariangela Garcia Praça Leite, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto, Alessandra Rodrigues Kozovits   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source