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Phylogenetic structure and formation mechanism of shrub communities in arid and semiarid areas of the Mongolian Plateau. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Limiting similarity rather than habitat filtering is the main mechanism of community composition in temperate arid and semiarid areas desert. Low temperature is the main factor limiting shrub phylogeny distribution. Abstract The mechanisms of species coexistence within a community have always been the focus in ecological research.
Zheng Y, Dong L, Li Z, Zhang J, Li Z, Miao B, Jia C, Liang C, Wang L, Li FY.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Mean Temperature of the Coldest Season is the Main Factor Influencing the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Biomass in the Desert Shrubland of Western Inner Mongolia. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Shrub biomass was directly determined by mean winter temperature and soil pH, whereas species richness had no significant direct effect. Climatic factors modulated the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship indirectly through biomass, underscoring winter temperature as a critical driver for predicting ecosystem responses to climate change ...
Li Z, Jiao R, Li Z, Liang C, Liu T, Liang W, Han Z, Li K, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Wang G.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

New Insights on Genetic and Morphological Divergence Among a <i>Buthus</i> Species Complex From Tunisia With the Identification of a New Species. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This work presents a revision of Tunisian species within the genus Buthus. By combining molecular and morphological analyses, we describe a new species and we better define the distribution area of all the recorded species and provide new morphological criteria that facilitate their identification and differentiation.
Hajri S, Bahri L, Harris DJ.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cenozoic migration of a desert plant lineage across the North Atlantic

New Phytologist, Volume 238, Issue 6, Page 2668-2684, June 2023., 2023
Summary Previous paleobotanical work concluded that Paleogene elements of the sclerophyllous subhumid vegetation of western Eurasia and western North America were endemic to these disjunct regions, suggesting that the southern areas of the Holarctic flora were isolated at that time.
Thomas Denk, Johannes M. Bouchal, H. Tuncay Güner, Mario Coiro, Rainer Butzmann, Kathleen B. Pigg, Bruce H. Tiffney   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The South Asian monsoon maintains the disjunction of Rumex hastatus between the western Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains, southwest China

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2022, Issue 11, November 2022., 2022
The Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains of southwest China are hotspots of both climatic and species diversity. Yet, the distribution patterns of semi‐arid plant communities that have arisen throughout the region's complex uplift history remain insufficiently understood.
Eric Martiné, Dirk Zeuss, Christian Lampei, Hang Sun, Georg Miehe, Lars Opgenoorth   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Miocene: The Future of the Past

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Volume 36, Issue 4, April 2021., 2021
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern conditions, and many flora and fauna evolved into the same taxa that exist today.
M. Steinthorsdottir, H. K. Coxall, A. M. de Boer, M. Huber, N. Barbolini, C. D. Bradshaw, N. J. Burls, S. J. Feakins, E. Gasson, J. Henderiks, A. E. Holbourn, S. Kiel, M. J. Kohn, G. Knorr, W. M. Kürschner, C. H. Lear, D. Liebrand, D. J. Lunt, T. Mörs, P. N. Pearson, M. J. Pound, H. Stoll, C. A. E. Strömberg   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biogeography and diversification patterns in the Irano‐Turanian biodiversity hotspots inferred from a molecular phylogeny of the subendemic Iris subgenus Scorpiris (Iridaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
The Irano‐Turanian Floristic Region harbors a rich flora, but our understanding of the development of this diversity is limited by a lack of data on phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic patterns of endemic and more widespread plants. Hypotheses of in situ diversification versus allopatric diversification were tested using Iris subgen. Scorpiris,
Mona Salimbahrami, Hojjatollah Saeidi, Ali Bagheri, Carol A. Wilson, Gerald M. Schneeweiss   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Industrial Gamma Radiation Signals: An Untapped Resource to Reconstruct Neogene Paleoclimate Off Northwest Australia

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Volume 40, Issue 9, September 2025.
Abstract Paleoceanographic reconstructions require both high‐resolution temporal records and high‐density spatial coverage. Scientific drilling provides detailed paleoclimate time‐series, but its spatial distribution limits our ability to capture regional climate dynamics.
Rohit Samant, Or M. Bialik, David De Vleeschouwer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region

Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 6, Page 2060-2081, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira with the tiny Selvagens, the Canaries and Cabo Verde, and for some authors different continental coastal strips, has been under dispute. Herein, after a brief introduction
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Jorge Capelo, Juli Caujapé‐Castells, Lea de Nascimento, Maria Cristina Duarte, Rui B. Elias, Carlos García‐Verdugo, Miguel Menezes de Sequeira, Frédéric Médail, Agustín Naranjo‐Cigala, Jairo Patiño, Jonathan Price, Maria M. Romeiras, Lázaro Sánchez‐Pinto, Robert J. Whittaker   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular phylogeny and intraspecific differentiation of the Trapelus agilis species complex in Iran (Squamata: Agamidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Shahamat AA, Rastegarpouyani E, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Hosseinian Yousefkhani SS, Wink M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source