Publications by authors named "Kerry A Ford"
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- The subgenus exhibits significant early diversification and a unique distribution across four continents, divided into three sections, each adapted to different climatic zones.
- An integrated study using various genetic and ecological methods reveals that geography has largely shaped its evolutionary processes, with dispersal events playing a crucial role in its development.
- Notably, colonization patterns indicate a strong niche conservatism in certain sections, along with historical events in Patagonia affecting species diversification, rather than ecological shifts driving changes.
The contrasting evolutionary histories of endemic versus related cosmopolitan species provide avenues to understand the spatial drivers and limitations of biodiversity. Here, we investigated the evolutionary history of three New Zealand endemic species, and how they are related to cosmopolitan . We used RADseq to test species delimitations, infer a dated species tree, and investigate gene flow patterns between the New Zealand endemics and the populations of New Zealand, Australia and Korea.
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