Multiple Pleistocene refugia in the Brazilian cerrado: evidence from phylogeography and climatic nichemodelling of two Qualea species (Vochysiaceae)

• Published in: Botanical journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 185; no. 3; pp. 307 - 320
• Main Authors: Buzatti, Renata Santiago de Oliveira, Lemos-Filho, José Pires, Bueno, Marcelo Leandro, Lovato, Maria Bernadete
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Divergence; DNA; Ecological monitoring; Ecological niches; Ecosystems; Fluctuations; Forests; Genetic diversity; Glacial periods; Niches; Nucleotide sequence; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Refugia; Savannahs; Species; Vegetation; Brazil; Cerrado Biome; Amazon; caatinga; peripheral areas

Abstract The cerrado is a large savanna in central Brazil, which extends north to the Amazon Forest and the caatinga (xeric vegetation) and includes disjunct areas in both of those biomes. Cerrado plant diversification is understudied, especially in disjunct areas and in peripheral areas bordering o...