التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Geographical isolation as reproductive barrier in phylogenetically related Aquilegia species (Ranunculaceae). |
| المؤلفون: |
Pinzani, Lorenzo, Casazza, Gabriele, Bedini, Gianni, Carta, Angelino |
| المصدر: |
Plant Biosystems; Dec2023, Vol. 157 Issue 6, p1184-1191, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
REPRODUCTIVE isolation, RANUNCULACEAE, ECOLOGICAL niche, ECOLOGICAL models, SPECIES |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
EUROPE |
| مستخلص: |
Knowing the determinants of biodiversity is crucial to understanding the differentiation of living organisms. Several gene-flow limiting processes can drive divergence, including adaptive ecological differentiation or geographical isolation both constituting environmental-dependent reproductive barriers. Furthermore, the strength of these processes may be associated to the degree to which ecological niches are conserved and shared by phylogenetically related species. Here, we aim to disentangle these two alternatives reproductive barriers by evaluating the degree of ecological niche similarity among phylogenetically related species. We performed ecological niche modelling (ENM) on four species belonging to a recently diversified genus (Aquilegia, Ranunculaceae) occurring in montane environments of the Alpine and Apennine chains (southern Europe). Results show that niche differentiation among species is related to phylogenetic distinctiveness. Nevertheless, niche similarity tests indicated that the conditions selected by the species are more similar than expected from the null models, even though they are sparsely available in the respective ecological spaces, suggesting that the observed pattern may result from phylogenetic niche conservatism. These results, highlight that paleogeographic events in south-European mountains may have driven divergence by isolation in Aquilegia while partially retaining the possibly ancestral characters of the niches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
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