| Title |
As Old as the Hills: Montane Scorpions in Southwestern North America Reveal Ancient Associations between Biotic Diversification and Landscape History
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0052822 |
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| Authors |
Robert W. Bryson, Brett R. Riddle, Matthew R. Graham, Brian Tilston Smith, Lorenzo Prendini |
| Abstract |
The age of lineages has become a fundamental datum in studies exploring the interaction between geological transformation and biotic diversification. However, phylogeographical studies are often biased towards lineages that are younger than the geological features of the landscapes they inhabit. A temporally deeper historical biogeography framework may be required to address episodes of biotic diversification associated with geologically older landscape changes. Signatures of such associations may be retained in the genomes of ecologically specialized (stenotopic) taxa with limited vagility. In the study presented here, genetic data from montane scorpions in the Vaejovis vorhiesi group, restricted to humid rocky habitats in mountains across southwestern North America, were used to explore the relationship between scorpion diversification and regional geological history. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 29% |
| Researcher | 17 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 13 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 59 | 63% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 6% |
| Engineering | 2 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 15 | 16% |