Evolving in isolation Genetic tests reject recent connections of Amazonian savannas with the central Cerrado

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 196 - 211
• Main Authors: Resende-Moreira, Luciana C., Knowles, L. Lacey, Thomaz, Andréa T., Prado, Joyce R., Souto, Andrea P., Lemos-Filho, José P., Lovato, Maria Bernadete
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.01.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Amazon; Amazonia; Animal species; animals; Biological evolution; Brazil; Byrsonima; Byrsonima crassifolia; Cerrado; Chloroplast DNA; Chloroplasts; corridor; Corridors; Data processing; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Divergence; DNA; ecosystems; Frequency spectrum; Gene flow; Genetic screening; Genetic structure; genetic variation; Genomics; islands; loci; Malpighiaceae; phylogeography; Plant species; Populations; RAD‐seq; relict; RESEARCH PAPER; savanna; Savannahs; savannas; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Species; Tropical forests; Woody plants; Cerrado Biome; Brazil; Amazonia

Aim The effects of past climatic shifts remain enigmatic for the Amazon region, especially for islands of savanna within the tropical forest known as “Amazonian savannas” (AS). These disjunct savanna areas share many plant and animal species with the Cerrado biome in central Brazil (the CC), fuellin...