Late Cenozoic climate and the phylogenetic structure of regional conifer floras world‐wide

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 24; no. 10; pp. 1136 - 1148
• Main Authors: Eiserhardt, Wolf L, Borchsenius, Finn, Sandel, Brody, Kissling, W. Daniel, Svenning, Jens‐Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Science 01.10.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: adaptive radiation; allopatric speciation; Araucariaceae; biodiversity; biogeography; climate; Climate change; community phylogenetic structure; conifers; Cupressaceae; disequilibrium; Endangered & extinct species; Evolution; extinction; gymnosperms; habitats; macroecology; net relatedness index; new species; palaeoclimate; Phylogenetics; phylogeny; Pinaceae; Podocarpaceae; Trends

AIM: Using conifers as a model system, we aim to test four hypotheses. H1: the processes that shape the phylogenetic structure of regional species assemblages depend on climate. H2: apparent effects of current climate can be equally well explained by past climate. H3: strong Quaternary climate oscil...