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Evolutionary correlates and consequences of sociality in feliform carnivorans

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
We take a phylogenetic comparative approach to investigate the evolutionary correlates of sociality in feliform (cat‐like) carnivores. We find that sociality evolved eight times in this group of mammals, and that it is associated with ecologies that facilitate group cohesion (e.g. diurnality and open habitats) and also that should reduce competition (e.
I. C. Scully, H. J. Nichols, K. Arbuckle
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Testing the emergence of New Caledonia: fig wasp mutualism as a case study and a review of evidence. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
While geologists suggest that New Caledonian main island (Grande Terre) was submerged until ca 37 Ma, biologists are struck by the presence of supposedly Gondwanan groups on the island. Among these groups are the Oreosycea fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and
Astrid Cruaud, Roula Jabbour-Zahab, Gwenaëlle Genson, Stefan Ungricht, Jean-Yves Rasplus   +4 more
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Biogeography of the Greater Antillean mosses [PDF]

, 1990
The distinctions between dispersal and vicariance are discussed and shown how they relate to geological history. Postulated theories on the tectonic origins and history of the Greater Antilles are reviewed, as well as possible climatic events that would ...
Buck, William R.
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The Role of Gene Flow in the Diversification of the Monkey Treefrog Complex Across the South American Dry Diagonal

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding Neotropical megadiversity remains challenging due to fundamental taxonomic issues, including identifying and describing cryptic species and their distribution, and the limited knowledge of key factors driving biological diversification. Such challenges are especially prominent in diverse clades with high levels of cryptic species,
Felipe Camurugi, Vinícius A. São Pedro, Felipe Magalhães, Marcelo Gehara, Eliana F. Oliveira, Gabriel C. Costa, Frank T. Burbrink, Edward A. Myers, Guarino R. Colli, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Adrian A. Garda   +10 more
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Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Extant Feliformia species are one of the most diverse radiations of Carnivora (~123 species). Despite substantial recent interest in their conservation, diversification, and systematic study, no previous phylogeny contains a comprehensive species set ...
Yu Zhou, Si-Rui Wang, Jian-Zhang Ma
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Myrteae phylogeny, calibration, biogeography and diversification patterns: increased understanding in the most species rich tribe of Myrtaceae [PDF]

, 2017
Myrteae (c. 2500 species; 51 genera) is the largest tribe of Myrtaceae and an ecologically important groups of angiosperms in the Neotropics. Systematic relationships in Myrteae are complex, hindering conservation initiatives and jeopardizing ...
Astrid, Augusto, Berhaman, Brigido, Bruno S., Carol E. B., Daniel S., Duane F., Eve J., Fiorella F., Gerhard, Itayguara R., Jair E. Q., Julia, Keron, Matheus F., Pepijn W., Plauto S., Reinaldo, Thais N. C., Vasconcelos   +20 more
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Evolution of Crematogaster sordidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Ants in the Mediterranean Region During Plio‐Pleistocene Climatic Changes

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding insect responses to global climate change involves identifying strategies used during past climate oscillations. Phylogeography offers a powerful framework to unravel how historical climatic and geological events have shaped the spatial genetic patterns of species, providing critical insights into evolutionary processes, whereas ...
Jody H. Voges, Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Jelena Bujan, Christos Georgiadis, Celal Karaman, Kadri Kiran, Albena Lapeva‐Gjonova, Claude Lebas, Mattia Menchetti, Enrico Schifani, Ahmed Taheri, Bonnie B. Blaimer   +12 more
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Late Cretaceous vicariance in Gondwanan amphibians. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2006
Overseas dispersals are often invoked when Southern Hemisphere terrestrial and freshwater organism phylogenies do not fit the sequence or timing of Gondwana fragmentation.
Ines Van Bocxlaer, Kim Roelants, S D Biju, J Nagaraju, Franky Bossuyt   +4 more
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Evolutionary history and identification of conservation units in the giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis. [PDF]

, 2011
The giant otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, occupies a range including the major drainage basins of South America, yet the degree of structure that exists within and among populations inhabiting these drainages is unknown.
Ariani, C., Ariani, C., Bodmer, R., Bodmer, R., Gotelli, D., Gotelli, D., Groombridge, J., Groombridge, J., Iyengar, A., Iyengar, A., Jordan, W., Jordan, W., Kundu, S., Kundu, S., Pickles, R., Pickles, R., Rojas, V., Rojas, V., Van Damme, P., Van Damme, P.   +19 more
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Taxonomic revision and conservation concerns of the trapezitine genus Croitana Waterhouse, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Australia

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 2, May 2026.
Abstract Croitana Waterhouse, 1932 (Trapezitinae) is a small genus of skippers endemic to Australia, with most species restricted to semi‐arid and arid biomes where the larvae specialise on grasses (Poaceae) in the genera Neurachne R.Br., Enteropogon Nees and Austrostipa S.W.L. Jacobs & J.Everett.
Michael F. Braby
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