Differential speciation rates, colonization time and niche conservatism affect community assembly across adjacent biogeographical regions

dc.contributor.authorBenício, Ronildo A.
dc.contributor.authorProvete, Diogo B.
dc.contributor.authorLyra, Mariana L. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorHeino, Jani
dc.contributor.authorHaddad, Célio F. B. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRossa-Feres, Denise de C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Fernando R.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Ceará
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionFreshwater Centre
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T11:01:27Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T11:01:27Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-01
dc.description.abstractAim: To test the importance of evolutionary and biogeographical processes in shaping the assembly of local frog communities in two adjacent regions (hereafter, coastal and inland regions) with different historical signatures. We asked two main questions: (1) why does the coastal region harbour more frog species than the inland region? and (2) how do these processes affect the spatial variation in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversities within and across these regions?. Location: southeastern Brazil. Taxon: Anurans. Methods: We generated time-calibrated phylogenies to estimate the relative timing of colonization, rates of speciation, extinction and dispersal between regions. We tested the phylogenetic signal in reproductive modes. These traits were also used to examine variation in functional composition across sites. We calculated metrics of phylogenetic community structure that capture the relationships near the root and tips of the tree. Finally, we tested the relationships between the spatial variation of multiple diversity dimensions and topographic complexity, Pleistocene and contemporary climate gradients for three spatial extents: (1) only coastal sites; (2) only inland sites; and (3) the two regions combined. Results: The structure of communities was related to the region in which they are located, with regional pool size being two times greater for the coastal than inland region. This pattern seems to reflect both a higher speciation rate and earlier colonization time in the coastal than in the inland region. Reproductive modes within frog genera were less variable than among families, indicating phylogenetic signal. This pattern influenced local community assembly within the inland region due to the absence of species with direct development, tadpoles in bromeliads or eggs and tadpoles in streams in this region. Main conclusions: Macroevolutionary dynamics, such as colonization time, differences in speciation rates and niche conservatism generate the disparity in species richness and assembly patterns of local communities between regions, but not within regions, in which local communities were more similar to each other.en
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais Universidade Federal de São Carlos
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Herpetologia Universidade Federal do Ceará
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Biociências Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura da UNESP (CAUNESP) Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista
dc.description.affiliationFinnish Environment Institute Freshwater Centre
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zoologia e Botânica Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São José do Rio Preto
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Ecologia Teórica: Integrando Tempo Biologia e Espaço (LET.IT.BE) Departamento de Ciências Ambientais Universidade Federal de São Carlos
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura da UNESP (CAUNESP) Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zoologia e Botânica Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) São José do Rio Preto
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14145
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Biogeography.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jbi.14145
dc.identifier.issn1365-2699
dc.identifier.issn0305-0270
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85107067019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/207813
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Biogeography
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAnura
dc.subjectBrazilian Atlantic Forest
dc.subjectfunctional community structure
dc.subjectphylogenetic community structure
dc.subjectphylogenetic signal
dc.subjectPleistocene climate
dc.subjectreproductive modes
dc.subjectspecies richness
dc.subjecttopographic complexity
dc.titleDifferential speciation rates, colonization time and niche conservatism affect community assembly across adjacent biogeographical regionsen
dc.typeArtigo
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unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-0097-0651[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7863-4965[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1235-6613[4]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7044-5764[5]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-4537-9064[6]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-0983-3207[7]

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