Tethyan changes shaped aquatic diversification

Z Hou, S Li - Biological reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Tethys Ocean existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia
from the Triassic to the Pliocene. Analyses of multiple biogeographic and phylogenetic …

A review of phylogeography: biotic and abiotic factors

R Kumar, V Kumar - Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Phylogeography expounds population genetics and phylogenetics in straightforward
geographic manner, providing good framework in revealing the evolutionary background of …

Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Defaunation and biomass collapse of mammals in the largest Atlantic forest remnant

M Galetti, CR Brocardo, RA Begotti… - Animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large continuous rainforests are the main hope for sustaining the population of large‐
bodied vertebrates that cannot cope with fragmentation or unsustainable hunting. The …

Vegetation cover of Brazil in the last 21 ka: New insights into the Amazonian refugia and Pleistocenic arc hypotheses

DM Arruda, CEGR Schaefer… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The two main hypotheses about the Neotropical palaeovegetation, namely that of
Amazonian refugia by Haffer and of the Pleistocene arc by Prado and Gibbs, are still …

Patterns of species and lineage diversity in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

EA Peres, R Pinto-da-Rocha, LG Lohmann… - … : patterns and processes, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic rainforest of Brazil harbors outstanding species richness and levels of
endemism, representing one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. Yet, a lot is still …

Mitogenomic phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of South American spiny rats

PH Fabre, NS Upham, LH Emmons… - Molecular Biology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Echimyidae is one of the most speciose and ecologically diverse rodent families in the
world, occupying a wide range of habitats in the Neotropics. However, a resolved phylogeny …

Tetrapod diversity in the Atlantic Forest: maps and gaps

MSL Figueiredo, MM Weber, CA Brasileiro… - The Atlantic Forest …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest is a heterogeneous and complex vegetation mosaic caused by
variety of climatic, geomorphological, and edaphic conditions. It has long been known that …

Exploration of stock index change prediction model based on the combination of principal component analysis and artificial neural network

J Cao, J Wang - Soft Computing, 2020 - Springer
In order to establish an accurate effective stock forecasting model, the principal component
analysis (PCA) was first used to analyze the main financial index data of some listed …

Beyond Refugia: New insights on Quaternary climate variation and the evolution of biotic diversity in tropical South America

PA Baker, SC Fritz, DS Battisti, CW Dick… - … : Patterns and processes, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Haffer's (Science 165: 131–137, 1969) Pleistocene refuge theory has provided
motivation for 50 years of investigation into the connections between climate, biome …