Changing Only Slowly: The Role of Phylogenetic Niche Conservatism in Caviidae (Rodentia) Speciation

Silva, Darlan da; Aires, Anderson Eduardo; Zurano, Juan Pablo; Olalla‐Tárraga, Miguel Á.; Martínez, P.

doi:10.1007/s10914-020-09501-0

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“…Molecular dating analysis have shown that major climatic events on historical time scales are associated with the diversification in evolving lineages ( Douady et al, 2003 , Renner, 2016 ). Niche characteristics, however, usually remain consistent over long time scales in many lineages, and exhibit a slow diversification process over phylogeny ( Silva et al, 2020 ). In this study, we sought to estimate and understand the dynamics of niche characteristics in wild olives and relatives.…”

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Global ecological niche conservatism and evolution in Olea species

Ashraf

Peterson

Chaudhry

et al. 2023

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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Global ecological niche conservatism and evolution in Olea species

Ashraf

Peterson

Chaudhry

et al. 2023

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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“…Niche similarity is a statistical method used to test the significance of niche conservatism by comparing the overlap of two observed niches with a bootstrapped null of simulated niche overlaps ( 19 , 21 , 57 ). Previously, this method has been used to evaluate the niche conservatism of sister taxa in a phylogenetic context (e.g., 59 ) or to study invasive species (e.g., 60 ). For these types of tests, niche conservatism is evaluated between two taxa or between two geographic regions, respectively.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Plants maintain climate fidelity in the face of dynamic climate change

Wang

Pineda‐Munoz

McGuire

2023

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Plants will experience considerable changes in climate within their geographic ranges over the next several decades. They may respond by exhibiting niche flexibility and adapting to changing climates. Alternatively, plant taxa may exhibit climate fidelity, shifting their geographic distributions to track their preferred climates. Here, we examine the responses of plant taxa to changing climates over the past 18,000 y to evaluate the extent to which the 16 dominant plant taxa of North America have exhibited climate fidelity. We find that 75% of plant taxa consistently exhibit climate fidelity over the past 18,000 y, even during the times of most extreme climate change. Of the four taxa that do not consistently exhibit climate fidelity, three—elm ( Ulmus ), beech ( Fagus ), and ash ( Fraxinus )—experience a long-term shift in their realized climatic niche between the early Holocene and present day. Plant taxa that migrate longer distances better maintain consistent climatic niches across transition periods during times of the most extreme climate change. Today, plant communities with the highest climate fidelity are found in regions with high topographic and microclimate heterogeneity that are expected to exhibit high climate resilience, allowing plants to shift distributions locally and adjust to some amount of climate change. However, once the climate change buffering of the region is exceeded, these plant communities will need to track climates across broader landscapes but be challenged to do so because of the low habitat connectivity of the regions.

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“…We used three blocks for model training and used the fourth block to verify the model. We repeated this process until all four blocks were used as verification data (Silva et al, 2020). In addition, to compare the degree of environmental similarity between the training data and the validation data of each space block, we calculated multivariate environmental similarity surface (MESS) values using the rmaxent package (Baumgartner & Wilson, 2020; Elith et al, 2010) (Figures ).…”

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confidence: 99%