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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Incorporating evolutionary history into conservation planning in biodiversity hotspots
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 370, No. 1662, Article 20140014, Year 2015
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There is increased evidence that incorporating evolutionary history directly in conservation actions is beneficial, particularly given the likelihood that extinction is not random and that phylogenetic diversity (PD) is lost at higher rates than speciesdiversity. This evidence is evenmore compelling in biodiversity hotspots, such as Madagascar, where less than 10% of the original vegetation remains. Here, we use the Leguminosae, an ecologically and economically important plant family, and a combination of phylogenetics and species distribution modelling, to assess biodiversity patterns and identify regions, coevolutionary processes and ecological factors that are important in shaping this diversity, especially during the Quaternary. We show evidence that species distribution and community PD are predicted by watershed boundaries, which enable the identification of a network of refugia and dispersal corridors that were perhaps important for maintaining community integrity during past climate change. Phylogenetically clustered communities are found in the southwest of the island at low elevation and share a suite of morphological characters (especially fruit morphology) indicative of coevolution with their main dispersers, the extinct and extant lemurs. Phylogenetically over-dispersed communities are found along the eastern coast at sea level and may have resulted from many independent dispersal events from the drier and more seasonal regions of Madagascar. © 2015 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Buerki, Sven
United Kingdom, Richmond
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
United Kingdom, London
The Natural History Museum, London
Callmander, Martin W.
United States, St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden
Bachman, Steven P.
United Kingdom, Richmond
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Moat, Justin F.
United Kingdom, Richmond
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Labat, Jean Noël
France, Paris
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité
Forest, Félix
United Kingdom, Richmond
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Statistics
Citations: 44
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1098/rstb.2014.0014
ISSN:
09628436
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Madagascar