Geographic range velocity and its association with phylogeny and life history traits in North American woody plants.

ABSTRACT: The geographic ranges of taxa change in response to environmental conditions. Yet whether rates of range movement (biotic velocities) are phylogenetically conserved is not well known. Phylogenetic conservatism of biotic velocities could reflect similarities among related lineages in climatic tolerances and dispersal-associated traits. We assess whether late Quaternary biotic velocities were phylogenetically conserved and whether they correlate with climatic tolerances and dispersal-associated traits. We used phylogenetic regression and nonparametric correlation to evaluate associations between biotic velocities, dispersal-associated traits, and climatic tolerances for 28 woody plant genera and subgenera in North America. The velocities with which woody plant taxa shifted their core geograp

SUBMITTER: Harnik PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5838057 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature