Spatiotemporal Diversification of Global Junipers: Traces of Niche Conservatism and Trait-Dependent Diversification.

ABSTRACT: Speciation rates differ globally across phylogenies and regions, and the complexity of the speciation process makes it difficult to fully understand these variations. It has been suggested that in conifers, the speciation process is primarily influenced by abiotic factors, operating in a local adaptive dynamic. In this study, we investigate changes in the climatic envelopes of conifer species of the genus Juniperus and test their explanatory power in predicting the distribution of speciation rates in space controlling for other explanatory factors such as topography and morphology. Location: Northern Hemisphere. Taxon: Juniperus. We used phylogenetic comparative methods and macroecological methods to evaluate speciation rate shifts, trait-speciation correlations, trait-geogra

SUBMITTER: Martinez de Leon R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815337 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature