Hybrid zone of a tree in a Cerrado/Atlantic Forest ecotone as a hotspot of genetic diversity and conservation

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. e8540 - n/a
• Main Authors: Muniz, André Carneiro, Pimenta, Ricardo José Gonzaga, Cruz, Mariana Vargas, Rodrigues, Jacqueline Gomes, Buzatti, Renata Santiago de Oliveira, Heuertz, Myriam, Lemos‐Filho, José P., Lovato, Maria Bernadete
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2022; Wiley Open Access; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Conservation; Conservation Genetics; Divergence; Ecosystems; Ecotones; Ecotypes; Environmental Sciences; Evolution; Forests; Gene flow; Genetic analysis; Genetic divergence; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Genetic variance; Habitat loss; hybrid zone; Hybridization; Hybrids; Neotropical tree; Plathymenia; Population; Savannahs; savanna–forest ecotone; Speciation; Structural analysis; Wildlife conservation; Cerrado Biome; Atlantic Forest; Plathymenia; conservation; Neotropical tree; ecotypes; hybrid zone; savanna–forest ecotone; savanna-forest ecotone

The Cerrado, the largest Neotropical savanna, and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest form large ecotonal areas where savanna and forest habitats occupy adjacent patches with closely related species occurring side by side, providing opportunities for hybridization. Here, we investigated the evolutionary d...