RT Journal Article
T1 Phylogenetic biome conservatism as a key concept for an integrative understanding of evolutionary history: Galliformes and Falconiformes as study cases
A1 Pelegrin Ramírez, Jonathan S.
A1 Cantalapiedra, Juan L.
A1 Gamboa, Sara
A1 Menéndez, Iris
A1 Hernández Fernández, Manuel
AB Biomes are climatically and biotically distinctive macroecological units that formed over geological time scales. Their features consolidate them as ‘evolutionary scenarios’, with their own diversification dynamics. Under the concept of phylogenetic niche conservatism, we assessed, for the first time, the evolution of biome occupation in birds. We aimed to analyse patterns of adaptation to different climatic regimes and the determinant factors for colonization of emerging biomes by clades from different ancestral biomes. In this work, we reconstructed the biome occupation history of two clades of birds (Galliformes and Falconiformes) under an integrative perspective through a comprehensive review of ecological, phylogenetic, palaeontological and biogeographical evidence. Our findings for both groups are consistent with a scenario of phylogenetic biome conservatism and highlight the importance of changes in climate during the Miocene in the adaptation and evolution of climatic niches. In particular, our results indicate high biome conservatism associated with biomes situated in some of the extremes of the global climate gradient (evergreen tropical rainforest, steppe and tundra) for both bird taxa. Finally, the historical dynamics of tropical seasonal biomes, such as tropical deciduous woodlands and savannas, appear to have played a preponderant role during the diversification processes of these bird lineages.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0024-4082, ESSN: 1096-3642
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-20
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72587
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72587
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Colombian administrative Department for Science and Innovation
NO Dirección General de Investigaciones of Universidad Santiago de Cali
NO Talent Attraction Program of the Madrid Government
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 2 may 2024