Impact of species delimitation and sampling on niche models and phylogeographical inference: A case study of the East African reed frog Hyperolius substriatus Ahl, 1931

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 114; pp. 261 - 270
• Main Authors: Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Lawson, Lucinda P., Tolley, Krystal A., Portik, Daniel M., Barratt, Christopher D., Nagel, Peter, Loader, Simon P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Africa, Eastern; allopatry; Animals; Anura - classification; Anura - genetics; Aridification; Biogeography; Biological Evolution; case studies; DNA - chemistry; DNA - isolation & purification; DNA - metabolism; Ecology; frogs; Gene Flow; Genetic Linkage; genetic relationships; Hyperoliidae; Mozambique; new species; niches; Operational taxonomic units; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; prediction; Proprotein Convertases - classification; Proprotein Convertases - genetics; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc - classification; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - classification; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Vicariance; Aridification; Biogeography; Hyperoliidae; Operational taxonomic units; Mozambique; Vicariance
• ISSN: 1055-7903; 1095-9513; 1095-9513
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.022

[Display omitted] •Cryptic diversity of species found across East Africa.•Delimitation of species lineages with molecular phylogeny improved accuracy of ENMs.•ENMs for species lineages provided insights into biogeography of East African frogs. Ecological niche models (ENMs) have been used in a wide...