Connection, isolation and reconnection: Quaternary climatic oscillations and the Andes shaped the phylogeographical patterns of the Patagonian bee Centris cineraria (Apidae)

• Published in: Biological journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 396 - 416
• Main Authors: Sosa-Pivatto, María, Camps, Gonzalo A, Baranzelli, Matías C, Espíndola, Anahí, Sérsic, Alicia N, Cosacov, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Approximate Bayesian Computation; Pleistocene glaciations; genetic diversity; ecological niche modelling; periglacial refugia; southern Andes; geo-statistical phylogeography; insect; oil-bee

Abstract The joint effect of the Andes as a geographical barrier and the Quaternary glaciations as promoters of genetic divergence remains virtually unexplored in southern South America. To help fill this knowledge gap, in this study we investigated the demographic history of Centris cineraria, a so...