From the cover: Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species

Gascon, Claude, Malcolm, Jay R., Patton, James L., da Silva, Maria N. F., Bogart, James P., Lougheed, Stephen C., Peres, Carlos A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-8765, Neckel, Selvino and Boag, Peter T. (2000) From the cover: Riverine barriers and the geographic distribution of Amazonian species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97 (25). pp. 13672-13677. ISSN 1091-6490

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Abstract

Rivers have been suggested to have played an important role in shaping present-day patterns of ecological and genetic variation among Amazonian species and communities. Recent molecular studies have provided mixed support for the hypothesis that large lowland Amazonian rivers have functioned as significant impediments to gene flow among populations of neotropical species. To date, no study has systematically evaluated the impact that riverine barriers might have on structuring whole Amazonian communities. Our analyses of the phylogeography of frogs and small mammals indicate that a putative riverine barrier (the Jurua River) does not relate to present-day patterns of community similarity and species richness. Rather, our results imply a significant impact of the Andean orogenic axis and associated thrust-and-fold low-land dynamics in shaping patterns of biotic diversity along the Jurua. Combined results of this and other studies significantly weaken the postulated role of rivers as major drivers of Amazonian diversification.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2011 14:27
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 14:37
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33305
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.230136397

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