Publications by authors named "J P Salmona"
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- * The article proposes a comprehensive approach to accurately define species boundaries, using integrated evidence and focusing on geographic isolation, specifically applied to the mouse lemurs, a debated group of primates.
- * The study reveals that previous estimates of species diversity were inflated, mainly mistaking geographic variation for new species, and suggests that a clearer understanding of species limits can inform better conservation strategies.
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- * Bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) and red river hogs (P. porcus) were once thought to be the same species due to their morphological differences and lack of interbreeding, but genetic analysis reveals a more complex relationship with evidence of historical gene flow.
- * The study suggests that instead of being distinct species, bushpigs and red river hogs may represent incompletely speciation, and that Malagasy bushpigs diverged from their southern African relatives during a population bottleneck that coincided with human arrival in Madagascar.
Madagascar exhibits extraordinarily high level of species richness and endemism, while being severely threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation (HL&F). In front of these threats to biodiversity, conservation effort can be directed, for instance, in the documentation of species that are still unknown to science, or in investigating how species respond to HL&F. The tufted-tail rats genus (Eliurus spp.
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- - The study examines how local and regional ecological disruptions have influenced the demographic histories of three closely related bird species from volcanic oceanic islands, Reunion and Mauritius, in light of rapid environmental changes.
- - Using genomic analysis, researchers found evidence of long-term population expansions for all species, alongside different demographic trends between the islands, indicating localized ecological impacts.
- - Notably, the Reunion species showed population size reductions during the Last Glacial Maximum, while the Mauritian species did not, suggesting that local events significantly shaped these birds' demographic trajectories.
Pangolins form a group of scaly mammals that are trafficked at record numbers for their meat and purported medicinal properties. Despite their conservation concern, knowledge of their evolution is limited by a paucity of genomic data. We aim to produce exhaustive genomic resources that include 3,238 orthologous genes and whole-genome polymorphisms to assess the evolution of all eight extant pangolin species.
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