Niche Conservatism for Ecological Preference in the Louisiana iris species complex.

ABSTRACT: Spatial and temporal environmental variation influences evolutionary processes such as divergence among populations and species. Here, we investigate the patterns of niche evolution for the Louisiana irises as well as understanding the phylogenetic relationship between these species. Using BEAST, a species phylogeny was generated for the Louisiana irises in order to test the hypothesis of whether niche conservatism has played an important role for this species complex. Species Distribution Models were constructed for present day distributions to determine the environmental factors, which contribute to species ranges. Tests of niche similarity were performed in order to evaluate if niche conservatism is apparent within this species complex. We demonstrate that the Louisiana iris species com

SUBMITTER: Hamlin JAP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394495 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature