Breaking out of biogeographical modules: range expansion and taxon cycles in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole
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Breaking out of biogeographical modules: range expansion and taxon cycles in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole
AIM We sought to reconstruct the biogeographical structure and dynamics of a hyperdiverse ant genus, Pheidole, and to test several predictions of the taxon cycle hypothesis. Using large datasets on Pheidole geographical distributions and phylogeny, we (1) inferred patterns of biogeographical modularity (clusters of areas with similar faunal composition), (2) tested whether species in open habit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biogeography
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0305-0270,1365-2699
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12592