Precipitation is the main axis of tropical phylogenetic turnover across space and time
J. J. Ringelberg, E. J. M. Koenen, B. Sauter, A. Aebli, J. G. Rando, J. R. Iganci, L. P. de Queiroz, D. J. Murphy, M. Gaudeul, A. Bruneau, M. Luckow, G. P. Lewis, J. T. Miller, M. F. Simon, L. S. B. Jordao, , C. E. Hughes
The paper shows that precipitation gradients drive phylogenetic turnover in Mimosoid legumes across tropical regions, with 95% of speciation occurring within a precipitation niche.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2022Evolutionary Biology