Long-term climatic stability drives accumulation and maintenance of divergent lineages in a temperate biodiversity hotspot
S. J. Buckley, C. J. Brauer, P. J. Unmack, M. P. Hammer, M. Adams, S. J. Beatty, D. L. Morgan, L. B. Beheregaray
The paper assesses how long-term climatic stability has influenced lineage accumulation and persistence in a freshwater fish group in a biodiversity hotspot, finding that climatic stability allowed isolation but future climate change may threaten these lineages.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2023Evolutionary Biology