Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the evolutionary basis of ecological speciation

RA Pyron, GC Costa, MA Patten… - Biological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) typically refers to the tendency of closely related
species to be more similar to each other in terms of niche than they are to more distant …

The diversification of Heliconius butterflies: what have we learned in 150 years?

RM Merrill, KK Dasmahapatra, JW Davey… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Research into Heliconius butterflies has made a significant contribution to evolutionary
biology. Here, we review our understanding of the diversification of these butterflies …

Recombination rate variation shapes barriers to introgression across butterfly genomes

SH Martin, JW Davey, C Salazar, CD Jiggins - PLoS biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Hybridisation and introgression can dramatically alter the relationships among groups of
species, leading to phylogenetic discordance across the genome and between populations …

Genome-wide evidence for speciation with gene flow in Heliconius butterflies

SH Martin, KK Dasmahapatra, NJ Nadeau… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
Most speciation events probably occur gradually, without complete and immediate
reproductive isolation, but the full extent of gene flow between diverging species has rarely …

Adaptive Introgression across Species Boundaries in Heliconius Butterflies

C Pardo-Diaz, C Salazar, SW Baxter, C Merot… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
It is widely documented that hybridisation occurs between many closely related species, but
the importance of introgression in adaptive evolution remains unclear, especially in animals …

Multilocus Species Trees Show the Recent Adaptive Radiation of the Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies

KM Kozak, N Wahlberg, AFE Neild… - Systematic …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Müllerian mimicry among Neotropical Heliconiini butterflies is an excellent example of
natural selection, associated with the diversification of a large continental-scale radiation …

Rapid diversification and time explain amphibian richness at different scales in the Tropical Andes, Earth's most biodiverse hotspot

CR Hutter, SM Lambert, JJ Wiens - The American Naturalist, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract The Tropical Andes make up Earth's most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for both
animals and plants. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary processes underlying this …

Genome‐wide patterns of divergence and gene flow across a butterfly radiation

NJ Nadeau, SH Martin, KM Kozak, C Salazar… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The H eliconius butterflies are a diverse recent radiation comprising multiple levels of
divergence with ongoing gene flow between species. The recently sequenced genome of H …

Explaining Andean megadiversity: the evolutionary and ecological causes of glassfrog elevational richness patterns

CR Hutter, JM Guayasamin, JJ Wiens - Ecology letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tropical Andes are an important global biodiversity hotspot, harbouring
extraordinarily high richness and endemism. Although elevational richness and speciation …

Large expansion of oil industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon: biodiversity vulnerability and conservation alternatives

J Lessmann, J Fajardo, J Muñoz… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ecuador will experience a significant expansion of the oil industry in its Amazonian region,
one of the most biodiverse areas of the world. In view of the changes that are about to come …