Multiple Ecological Niche Modeling Reveals Niche Conservatism and Divergence in East Asian Yew (<i>Taxus</i>).

ABSTRACT: Understanding ecological niche evolution patterns is crucial for elucidating biogeographic history and guiding biodiversity conservation. Taxus is a Tertiary relict gymnosperm with 11 lineages mainly distributed across East Asia, spanning from tropical to subarctic regions. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of its ecological niche evolution and the roles of ecological and geographical factors in lineage diversification, remain unclear. Using occurrence records, environmental data, and reconstructed phylogenies, we employed ensemble ecological niche models (eENMs), environmental principle components analysis (PCA-env), and phyloclimatic modeling to analyze niche similarity and evolution among 11 Taxus lineages. Based on reconstructed Bayesian trees and geographical distribu

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11990852 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature