Renewed diversification following Miocene landscape turnover in a Neotropical butterfly radiation
N. Chazot, K. R. Willmott, G. Lamas, A. V. L. Freitas, F. Piron-Prunier, C. F. Arias, J. Mallet, D. L. De-Silva, M. Elias
This study investigates how Miocene landscape changes influenced diversification in Neotropical Ithomiini butterflies, finding that ecological turnovers drove speciation and extinction dynamics.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2017Evolutionary Biology