Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna.

ABSTRACT: Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems. Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification of this biodiversity. During the last two decades, around 90 dated molecular phylogenies of different clades across animals and plants have been published leading to an increased understanding of the diversification and speciation processes generating tropical African biodiversity. In parallel, extended geological and palaeoclimatic records together with detailed numerical simulations have refined our understanding of past geological and climatic changes in Africa. To date, these important advances have not been reviewed within a common framework. Here, we critically review and synthesize African climate, tec

SUBMITTER: Couvreur TLP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7821006 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature