Biogeography

Recent Papers

A Grinnellian Niche Perspective on Species-Area Relationships

Jorge Soberón

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Dec-Soberon.html

Note

Genetic Diversity–Area Relationships across Bird Species

Haiying Fan (樊海英), Qingchen Zhang (张清臣), Juanjuan Rao (饶娟娟), Jingwen Cao (曹静文), and Xin Lu (卢欣)

Abstract & Chinese abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Fan-A.html

Free Access, Special Feature on Maladaptation

Maladapted Prey Subsidize Predators and Facilitate Range Expansion

Mark C. Urban, Alice Scarpa, Justin M. J. Travis, and Greta Bocedi

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-Urban.html

Free Access

Evolution at the Edge of Expanding Populations

Maxime Deforet, Carlos Carmona-Fontaine, Kirill S. Korolev, and Joao B. Xavier

Abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Deforet-A.html

Decreasing Predator Density and Activity Explains Declining Predation of Insect Prey along Elevational Gradients

Luis F. Camacho and Leticia Avilés

Abstract and Spanish abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Camacho-A.html

Free Access

Ecological Release of the Anna’s Hummingbird during a Northern Range Expansion

C. J. Battey

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Battey.html

Beta Diversity Patterns Derived from Island Biogeography Theory

Muyang Lu, David Vasseur, and Walter Jetz

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Lu.html

Coevolution Creates Complex Mosaics across Large Landscapes

Lucas D. Fernandes, Paula Lemos-Costa, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr., John N. Thompson, and Marcus A. M. de Aguiar

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugFernandes.html

Free Access

Phytoplankton Species Richness along Coastal and Estuarine Salinity Continua

Kalle Olli, Robert Ptacnik, Riina Klais, and Timo Tamminen

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugOlli.html

Biotic Interactions Contribute to the Geographic Range Limit of an Annual Plant: Herbivory and Phenology Mediate Fitness beyond a Range Margin

John W. Benning, Vincent M. Eckhart, Monica A. Geber, and David A. Moeller

Blog and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneBenning.html

Free Access

Species’ Range Dynamics Affect the Evolution of Spatial Variation in Plasticity under Environmental Change

Max Schmid, Ramon Dallo, and Frédéric Guillaume

Synthesis, Open Access

A Practical Guide to the Study of Distribution Limits

Yvonne Willi and Josh Van Buskirk

Blurb and abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneWilli.html

Note

Heterogeneous Matrix Habitat Drives Species Occurrences in Complex, Fragmented Landscapes

Jedediah F. Brodie and William D. Newmark

Larger Area Facilitates Richness-Function Effects in Experimental Microcosms

John P. DeLong and Jean P. Gibert

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayDeLongGibert.html

Time Explains Regional Richness Patterns within Clades More Often than Diversification Rates or Area

Hong Li and John J. Wiens

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprHongLi.html

Reconstructing the Geography of Speciation from Contemporary Biodiversity Data

Alexander Skeels and Marcel Cardillo

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebSkeels.html

Drivers of Phylogenetic Assemblage Structure of the Furnariides, a Widespread Clade of Lowland Neotropical Birds

Jesús N. Pinto-Ledezma, Alex E. Jahn, Victor R. Cueto, José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho, and Fabricio Villalobos

Lay summary & Spanish abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebPintoLedezma.html

An Empirical and Mechanistic Explanation of Abundance-Occupancy Relationships for a Critically Endangered Nomadic Migrant

Matthew H. Webb, Robert Heinsohn, William J. Sutherland, Dejan Stojanovic, and Aleks Terauds

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanWebb.html

Open Access

Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Metacommunities: Ecological Inheritance, Helping within Species, and Harming between Species

Charles Mullon and Laurent Lehmann

Biogeographical Patterns of Species Richness and Abundance Distribution in Stream Diatoms Are Driven by Climate and Water Chemistry

Sophia I. Passy, Chad A. Larson, Aurélien Jamoneau, William Budnick, Jani Heino, Thibault Leboucher, Juliette Tison-Rosebery, and Janne Soininen

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/NovPassy.html

Open Access

Geographic Range Dynamics Drove Ancient Hybridization in a Lineage of Angiosperms

Ryan A. Folk, Clayton J. Visger, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, and Robert P. Guralnick

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugFolk.html

Open Access

A Framework for Simultaneous Tests of Abiotic, Biotic, and Historical Drivers of Species Distributions: Empirical Tests for North American Wood Warblers Based on Climate and Pollen

Camilo Sanín and Robert P. Anderson

Testing Range-Limit Hypotheses Using Range-Wide Habitat Suitability and Occupancy for the Scarlet Monkeyflower (Erythranthe cardinalis)Amy L. Angert, Matthew Bayly, Seema N. Sheth, and John R. Paul

Speciation

Recent Papers

Assortative Mating in Animals and Its Role for Speciation

Tim Janicke,Lucas Marie-Orleach,Thomas G. Aubier,Charles Perrier,Edward H. Morrow

Free Access

A Minimal Model for the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient Suggests a Dominant Role for Ecological Limits

Rampal S. Etienne, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Oskar Hagen, Florian Hartig, Allen H. Hurlbert, Loïc Pellissier, Mikael Pontarp, and David Storch

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Etienne.html

Assessing Behavioral Associations in a Hybrid Zone through Social Network Analysis: Complex Assortative Behaviors Structure Associations in a Hybrid Quail Population

David M. Zonana, Jennifer M. Gee, Eli S. Bridge, Michael D. Breed, and Daniel F. Doak

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneZonana.html

Time Explains Regional Richness Patterns within Clades More Often than Diversification Rates or Area

Hong Li and John J. Wiens

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprHongLi.html

Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation

Sonal Singhal, Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky

Speciation Rate Is Independent of the Rate of Evolution of Morphological Size, Shape, and Absolute Morphological Specialization in a Large Clade of Birds

Nicholas M. A. Crouch and Robert E. Ricklefs

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprCrouch.html

Reconstructing the Geography of Speciation from Contemporary Biodiversity Data

Alexander Skeels and Marcel Cardillo

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebSkeels.html

Introgression across Hybrid Zones Is Not Mediated by Large X-Effects in Green Toads with Undifferentiated Sex Chromosomes

Jörn F. Gerchen, Christophe Dufresnes, and Matthias Stöck

Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation

Sonal Singhal, Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky

The Role of Geography in Adaptive Radiation

John J. Schenk and Scott J. Steppan

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/OctSchenk.html

Open Access

A Probable Case of Incipient Speciation in Schizocosa Wolf Spiders Driven by Allochrony, Habitat Use, and Female Mate Choice

R. Tucker Gilman, Kasey Fowler-Finn, and Eileen A. Hebets

Lay summary: http://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/SepGilman.html

Synthesis, Open Access

Coupling, Reinforcement, and Speciation

Roger K. Butlin and Carole M. Smadja

Synthesis

Mechanisms of Assortative Mating in Speciation with Gene Flow: Connecting Theory and Empirical Research

Michael Kopp, Maria R. Servedio, Tamra C. Mendelson, Rebecca J. Safran, Rafael L. Rodríguez, Mark E. Hauber, Elizabeth C. Scordato, Laurel B. Symes, Christopher N. Balakrishnan, David M. Zonana, and G. Sander van Doorn