Synthesis of geological and comparative phylogeographic data point to climate, not mountain uplift, as driver of divergence across the Eastern Andean Cordillera
E. Rodriguez-Munoz, C. Montes, A. J. Crawford
The paper evaluates the role of Andean uplift versus climate in driving divergence of tetrapod lineages, finding divergence times too recent and asynchronous to support uplift as a primary driver.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology