Widespread Zoanthus and Palythoa dominance, barrens, and phase shifts in shallow water subtropical and tropical marine ecosystems

JD Reimer, HB Wee, C López, M Beger… - … and marine biology, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Zoanthus and Palythoa are benthic colonial zooxanthellate cnidarians common in shallow
hard substrate marine ecosystems in subtropical and tropical regions, where they are an …

Target‐group backgrounds prove effective at correcting sampling bias in Maxent models

RA Barber, SG Ball, RKA Morris… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Accounting for sampling bias is the greatest challenge facing presence‐only and
presence‐background species distribution models; no matter what type of model is chosen …

Central Asian wild tulip conservation requires a regional approach, especially in the face of climate change

B Wilson, A Dolotbakov, BJ Burgess, C Clubbe… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Tulips (Tulipa spp.) are one of the most widely appreciated plants worldwide, nevertheless
species taxonomy and biogeography are often poorly understood. Most wild tulips inhabit …

Poor performance of DNA barcoding and the impact of RAD loci filtering on the species delimitation of an Iberian ant-eating spider

D Ortiz, S Pekár, J Bilat, N Alvarez - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
Genomic data provide unprecedented power for species delimitation. However, current
implementations are still time and resource consuming. In addition, bioinformatic processing …

Giant Tree Frog diversification in West and Central Africa: Isolation by physical barriers, climate, and reproductive traits

KE Jaynes, EA Myers, V Gvoždík… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary sympatry amongst sister lineages is strongly associated with genetic and
ecological divergence. This pattern suggests that for closely related species to coexist in …

Phylogenetic relationships and ecological niche conservatism in killifish (Profundulidae) in Mesoamerica

M Calixto‐Rojas, A Lira‐Noriega… - Journal of Fish …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The family Profundulidae is a group of small‐sized fish species distributed between
southern Mexico and Honduras, where they are frequently the only fish representatives at …

Neotropical niche evolution of Otoba trees in the context of global biogeography of the nutmeg family

L Frost, DA Santamaría‐Aguilar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Plant distributions are influenced by species' ability to colonize new areas via long‐
distance dispersal and propensity to adapt to new environments via niche evolution. We use …

Forecasting the potential distribution of Spodoptera exigua and S. littoralis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Iran

H Falsafi, H Alipanah, H Ostovan, S Hesami… - Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2022 - Elsevier
The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) and the Egyptian cotton leafworm,
S. littoralis (Boisduval, 1833), are amongst the most notorious agricultural pest species in …

Delimitation despite discordance: Evaluating the species limits of a confounding species complex in the face of mitonuclear discordance

TJ Firneno Jr, JR O'Neill, MW Itgen… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The delimitation of species is an essential pursuit of biology, and proper taxonomies are
crucial for the assessment and conservation management of organismal diversity. However …

Climate change winners and losers: The effects of climate change on five palm species in the Southeastern United States

CJ Butler, M Larson - Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Palms (Arecaceae) are a relatively speciose family and provide materials for food,
construction, and handicraft, especially in the tropics. They are frequently used as paleo …