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{"title":"Links Between Lagrangian Connectivity, Thermal Thresholds and Genetic Structure in the Floating Marine Siphonophore Physalia","authors":"Natacha Bourg, Amandine Schaeffer, C. Gabriela Mayorga-Adame, Samuel H. Church, Moninya Roughan, Kylie A. Pitt, Mary Beth Decker, Casey W. Dunn, Jasmin C. Lawes","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70353","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To investigate whether genetically distinct species of <i>Physalia</i> differ in dispersal behaviour and environmental exposure, and to assess the role of large-scale wind–ocean transport in shaping their genetic structure.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Tropical and subtropical oceans where <i>Physalia</i> strandings and distributions overlap.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>One-year drift simulations, based on recent genetic sampling between 2006 and 2023 and reanalysis datasets.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Physalia</i> (Portuguese Man O′ War/Bluebottle), a colonial hydrozoan genus comprising five genetically distinct species.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We combined genetic identification of 125 individuals from five lineages with numerical Lagrangian particle backtracking. Drift trajectories were simulated using oceanic and atmospheric reanalysis fields, with an experimentally derived drift parameterization that accounts for <i>Physalia</i>'s asymmetric morphology and wind-driven motion. Connectivity metrics derived from simulated transport were compared with observed genetic differentiation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Drift simulations revealed strong lineage-specific differences in dispersal and temperature exposure. Average sea surface temperature along drift paths ranged from 15°C for <i>Physalia minuta</i> to 28°C for <i>Physalia mikazuki</i>. Genetic differentiation within lineages was significantly associated with dispersal connectivity: the combination of geographic distance and Lagrangian transport explained up to 57% of variance in genetic distance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Wind–ocean transport is a key driver of both environmental exposure and genetic structure in <i>Physalia</i>. Differences in dispersal pathways expose lineages to distinct thermal regimes, with implications for ecology and biogeography. As climate change alters wind fields, currents and ocean temperatures, connectivity and thermal habitats will shift in lineage-specific ways, potentially reshaping the distribution and evolutionary trajectories of <i>Physalia</i> species.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70353","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148993943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Geography of Endemism: Diversity and Regionalization of Terrestrial Vertebrates in the West Indies","authors":"Alexander Llanes-Quevedo, Luis E. Sánchez-Ramos, Juan J. Morrone, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70354","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To investigate patterns of species richness and biogeography of the terrestrial endemic vertebrates of the West Indies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The West Indies (WI), an archipelago located in the north-central section of the Atlantic slope of the Americas.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Taxon</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Endemic terrestrial vertebrates.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We analysed distributional data of 730 species of terrestrial vertebrates that are endemic to the Antillean subregion. We constructed species richness maps to discover the distribution patterns of endemicity, and then, we estimated beta diversity between faunal assemblages across the WI, assessing the overall multiple-site dissimilarity (total beta diversity), replacement (spatial turnover), and species loss (nestedness). Finally, we inferred historical relationships and similarity among areas using Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE), a Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering Method, and a Network modularity analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Endemism is unevenly distributed in the WI, with some areas of the Greater Antilles, mainly corresponding to highlands, being the richest. This overall richness pattern was consistent among the taxonomic groups evaluated, except for mammals and amphibians, whose distributions were more discontinuous and reduced. Almost 75% of the WI area has taxa with some global endangerment category. Beta diversity analysis revealed a large difference in species composition between and within WI islands as well as a predominance of the spatial turnover component. Regionalization based on a PAE, clustering, and network methods recovered close relationships/similarity among Bahamas-Cuba-Hispaniola on one side and Lesser Antilles-Puerto Rico on the other. In the PAE, Hispaniola and the Lesser Antilles consistently appeared as paraphyletic areas, containing Cuba-Bahamas-Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico, respectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Species richness patterns identified herein provide a framework for conservation and management, as well as for guiding the study of areas with high presence of endemic taxa. The biogeographic patterns suggest an interplay of vicariance and dispersal processes and constitute a robust set of hypotheses that can be ","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70354","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148943099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Circumglobal Distribution of the Benthic Ctenophore Vallicula multiformis (Rankin 1956), Documented Through Diverse Observation Types","authors":"Nicholas Bezio,&nbsp;Isabel Browning,&nbsp;Dennis Rabeling,&nbsp;José Martin Pujolar,&nbsp;Alexandra E. Bely,&nbsp;Allen G. Collins","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70363","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To improve our understanding of the distribution of <i>Vallicula multiformis</i>, we integrate a series of diverse observation types, including citizen science records, published literature, metagenomic datasets, published sequences, and newly acquired material, to evaluate whether geographically isolated records reflect a single broadly distributed species or unresolved cryptic diversity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Circumtropical and subtropical marine environments.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Taxon</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Vallicula multiformis</i> (Phylum: Ctenophora, Order: Platyctenida, Family: Benthoplanidae).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this study, we use a broad range of observations, as listed previously, to (a) elucidate the geographic range of <i>V. multiformis</i> through morphological and phylogenetic analysis, (b) assess the possibility of cryptic speciation, and (c) investigate population genetic structure across major ocean regions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>After reviewing the published literature, confirming more than 100 photo-based observations in iNaturalist, and analysing 67 mitochondrial COX1 sequences using three species delimitation models, we can confirm 107 iNaturalist citizen science observations, 20 literature sources, 43 published sequences from specimens and environmental samples, and 11 newly sequenced specimens. Additionally, we find that the holotype of <i>Coeloplana reichelti</i> from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, is a misidentified <i>V. multiformis</i>.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We conclude that all observations of <i>V. multiformis</i> belong to a single species that inhabits shallow tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Population genetic analyses using COX1 suggest that this broad distribution is an ancient phenomenon, likely achieved through long-distance natural dispersal. We also detect a signal consistent with anthropogenic introductions. Future work is needed to test these hypotheses and more rigorously assess population histories and hypothetical migration pathways.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70363","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148943100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping the Global Range of Stingless Bees: Insights Into Their Ecological Niches and Environmental Tolerances","authors":"Pierre Noiset,&nbsp;Leon Marshall,&nbsp;Denise A. Alves,&nbsp;John S. Ascher,&nbsp;Nathalie Cabirol,&nbsp;Luísa G. Carvalheiro,&nbsp;Shao Xiong Chui,&nbsp;Rofela Combey,&nbsp;Guaraci D. Cordeiro,&nbsp;James B. Dorey,&nbsp;Michael S. Engel,&nbsp;Tereza C. Giannini,&nbsp;Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca,&nbsp;Sih Kahono,&nbsp;Kumara T. Krishnan,&nbsp;Peter Kwapong,&nbsp;Pakorn Nalinrachatakan,&nbsp;Kiatoko Nkoba,&nbsp;Michael C. Orr,&nbsp;Alain Pauly,&nbsp;Kit Prendergast,&nbsp;Claus Rasmussen,&nbsp;Marcelo Rojas-Oropeza,&nbsp;Hong Thai Pham,&nbsp;Shashidhar Viraktamath,&nbsp;Patricia Vit,&nbsp;Zhengwei Wang,&nbsp;Natapot Warrit,&nbsp;Nicolas J. Vereecken","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70340","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Stingless bees are the most species-rich group of eusocial bees, predominantly found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. However, despite their diversity and importance, significant gaps remain in our understanding of their distribution patterns and the factors driving them, as these aspects have yet to be thoroughly investigated on a global scale. In this study, we aimed to fill this gap by mapping global habitat suitability for stingless bees.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Global.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Taxon&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Stingless bees (Apidae:Apinae:Meliponini).&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Method&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We compiled over half a million spatiotemporal occurrence records from 361 species of stingless bees at an unprecedented scale from both public and private databases optimised using a recently published data-cleaning workflow. Through a species distribution model approach, we assessed the relationship between stingless bee distribution, diversity, and environmental factors, ultimately characterising their ecological niche and producing the first habitat suitability maps for the bee tribe Meliponini.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Our results reveal significant discrepancies in occurrence records across the Neotropical, the Afrotropical, and the Indo-Malayan, Papuasian, and Australian regions, as well as among taxa. Habitat suitability hotspots were identified in tropical forests and were associated with relatively high temperatures and humidity throughout the year. Projection maps further suggested that some temperate, xeric, and savannah regions could also be suitable habitats for stingless bees. Our results rescale the known environmental niche of stingless bees, demonstrating that suitable habitats exist well beyond the tropical and subtropical boundaries typically described in the literature.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;This study presents a novel, model-based assessment of stingless bee distribution, revealing that it extends beyond tropical forests into drier, colder, and temperate regions more broadly than previously recognised. These findings highlight substantial gaps in ecological and distributional data, emphasising the need for taxonomic revision, targeted fieldwork, digitisation of collections, and foundational research on stingless bee ecology and evolution. Addressing these gaps will improve predictions of species responses to environmental chang","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: Miocene Salinian Block Migration and the Biogeography of Megahexura Spiders","authors":"Marshal Hedin,&nbsp;Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70351","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Aim&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;In west-central California, the landscapes west of the San Andreas fault include the arc plutons of the Salinian block which form the geologic backbone of several South Coast mountain ranges. In the early Miocene Salinia was adjacent to the southern Sierra Nevada, but was subsequently captured by the Pacific Plate, with right-lateral slip migration displacing terranes northwestwards since the formation of the San Andreas fault. We hypothesise that a migrating Salinia has played an important role in the biogeographic history of dispersal-limited &lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt; mygalomorph spiders.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Location&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Central and southern California Floristic Province, including Salinia (Santa Lucia, Sierra de Salinas, Gabilan, and Santa Cruz mountains), southern Sierra Nevada, and Transverse Ranges.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Taxon&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt;, Family Megahexuridae, Infraorder Mygalomorphae, Order Araneae.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Analyses of ultraconserved element (UCE) nuclear loci and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data are used to estimate ingroup relationships and genetic population structuring, root placement and divergence timing, and a Bayesian-estimated biogeographic history of &lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Phylogenomics strongly supports three primary phylogenetic lineages in &lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt;, with a common ancestor that diverged in the early to mid-Miocene, depending upon calibration parameters. The southern Sierra Nevada is reconstructed as the centre of origin for &lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt;, and one &lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt; lineage now resides mostly on ranges that include Salinian basement rocks. In the Santa Lucia Range, phylogenetic directionality is structured from north to south. The southern Sierra Nevada is also a more recent ancestral area for &lt;i&gt;Megahexura&lt;/i&gt; populations currently occupying the western and southern Transverse Ranges, some of which have expanded northwestwards to secondarily contact Salinian populations.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Main Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;We uncover a unique biogeographic history where instead of animal populations dispersing recently over an old landscape, phylogenomic patterns are best explained by the landscape itself moving, carrying animal populations. Our results are consistent with a compelling Salinian biogeography and represent a possible case of Neogene divergence driven principally by plate tecto","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local Species Loss and Retraction Across the Alps and Apennines: Recent Thermophilization and Diversity Changes of the Alpine Flora","authors":"Silvano Lodetti,&nbsp;Elena Barni,&nbsp;Luana Bertolotti,&nbsp;Michele Carbognani,&nbsp;Pau Carnicero,&nbsp;Valter Di Cecco,&nbsp;Anna Corli,&nbsp;Brigitta Erschbamer,&nbsp;Rodolfo Gentili,&nbsp;Matteo Gualmini,&nbsp;Martin Mallaun,&nbsp;Andrea Mondoni,&nbsp;Lena Nicklas,&nbsp;Simone Orsenigo,&nbsp;Mattia Pallanza,&nbsp;Harald Pauli,&nbsp;Alessandro Petraglia,&nbsp;Francesco Porro,&nbsp;Graziano Rossi,&nbsp;Angela Stanisci,&nbsp;Margherita Tognela,&nbsp;Andrea Vannini,&nbsp;Marco Varricchione,&nbsp;Friederike Westrich,&nbsp;T'ai Gladys Whittingham Forte,&nbsp;Marcello Tomaselli","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70359","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The European alpine life zone is a recognized biodiversity hotspot, currently impacted by warming temperatures. Here, we investigated temporal plant diversity changes and thermophilization processes on multiple summits' flora.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Italy: six mountain regions across the Alps and the Apennines.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We evaluated two decades (2001–2024) of plant species presence and abundance across 23 summits, covering an elevation gradient from the treeline ecotone to the nival belt, monitored through permanent sampling areas. We investigated temporal trends of species gain and disappearance, species richness, alpha and beta diversity indices, species-specific abundance changes, and the thermic indicator of plant assemblages.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Three summits in the Central and Northern Apennines experienced net species loss, involving endemic taxa, although species richness significantly increased in all other summits. At summit level, 7% of species significantly declined in abundance (’losers’), and with the same rate across the upper alpine and subnival belts (7%). About 5% of the species significantly increased (’winners’), and colonization rates were highest in the uppermost vegetation belts. The thermic indicator significantly increased in all mountain regions but the Central Apennines, with increasingly higher rates from the lowermost to uppermost vegetation belts, and accelerated during 2015–2024 in the Texel Group.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We provide evidence of recent increasing thermophilization trends across the Alps and the Northern Apennines. The local plant species loss, including endemic taxa, and the widespread trend of loser species (not yet disappeared) may signal future local extinctions across both the Alps and Apennines also at the high-elevated belts. The colonization rate observed in the uppermost vegetation belts further suggests a shift towards warmer thermic conditions at high elevations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70359","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Missing Branches of the Bee Tree of Life: Addressing Global Darwinian Shortfalls and Their Drivers","authors":"Felipe Walter Pereira,&nbsp;Matheus Lima Araujo,&nbsp;Anderson Lepeco,&nbsp;Bruno Ferreira Marques,&nbsp;Hugo Bampi,&nbsp;Lucas Jardim,&nbsp;Luísa Vareira,&nbsp;Luisa G. Carvalheiro,&nbsp;Thiago F. Rangel,&nbsp;José Alexandre F. Diniz Filho","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70358","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Estimate the Darwinian shortfall (i.e., the lack of knowledge about phylogenetic relationships) of bees worldwide, as well as identify their drivers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Taxon</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophila).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We built phylogenies for over 12,000 bee species, combining the most comprehensive phylogeny and an algorithm with random solutions to insert missing lineages. The Darwinian shortfall was quantified as the Phylogenetic Diversity (PD) deficit, the ratio of inserted branch lengths at the assemblage level. We identified potential ecological and socioeconomic drivers of the Darwinian shortfall using Simultaneous Autoregressive (SAR) models.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The highest shortfalls were identified in the Southern Hemisphere. Mean species range size and species richness were the strongest drivers, as smaller ranges and higher richness were associated with higher deficits. Per capita GDP was negatively associated with PD deficits, while population and road densities showed positive but weak effects. Sample completeness had a weaker effect, limited by missing occurrence data in many regions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our findings underscore the need for integrative efforts combining taxonomy, data digitization, adequate research investments, and targeted sampling, especially in the Global South. Overcoming the Darwinian shortfall is essential to develop robust strategies to preserve the Tree of Life, especially for one of the most important groups of pollinators while facing the ongoing biodiversity crisis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70358","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ecological Filters Shape Community Thermophilisation Under Climate Change","authors":"Imran Khaliq,&nbsp;Jakob Katzenberger,&nbsp;Sven Trautmann,&nbsp;Johannes Kamp","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70349","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Climate warming is increasingly associated with shifts in community composition, yet the pace and drivers of these changes remain unclear.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Germany.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Time Period</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>2005–2024.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Major Taxa Studied</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Birds.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using structured time-series data from a large, countrywide Common Bird Monitoring scheme, we quantified community-level thermophilisation, that is, the shift in community composition toward warm-affinity species. We investigated potential thermophilisation drivers integrating ecological, life-history, and demographic processes using generalized additive models (GAMs).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Over 57% of the analysed communities exhibited thermophilisation, at a median rate of 0.003°C/yr.⁻¹, lagging behind local temperature increases. Rates and trajectories were strongly influenced by habitat, trophic guild, and demographic processes. Forest, open-habitat, and wetland assemblages tracked warming faster than urban or farmland communities. Colonization of warm-affinity species and extinction of cold-affinity species emerged as key mechanisms driving change. High baseline diversity negatively related to the rates of thermophilisation. Our results highlight that thermophilisation is shaped not only by temperature rise, but by the interaction of climate change, ecological filtering, and demographic processes.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our study underscores that community responses are influenced as much by landscape context, habitat structure and colonization/extinction dynamics as by warming itself. This emphasizes the need to conserve species-rich assemblages, protect cold-affinity taxa and maintain habitat connectivity. It also suggests that areas offering species shelter from extreme heat while providing cooler microhabitats need to be maintained under climate change.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70349","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictors of Population Trends of Breeding Birds in Germany","authors":"Markus Neuhäuser,&nbsp;Graeme D. Ruxton","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70356","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Recently published population trends of breeding birds in Germany are analysed in order to identify significant explanatory variables. In addition to a long-term trend (1860–1910 to 2022), population trends over recent 12, 24 and 42-year periods are examined.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Germany.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Taxon</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Birds.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>As the trends are ordinal response variables, cumulative logit models are applied to investigate the influence of different species' traits, such as the climatic niche breadth.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We show that negative trends are more likely in species with narrower climatic niches. This finding holds for the long-term trend, as well as for more recent population trends. Furthermore, use of farmland is associated with negative trends. The tolerance to human-modified environments has a significant influence on the population trends for the 12, 24 and 42-year periods, but not for the long-term trend. Higher tolerance protects against negative trends. For the long-term trend, body mass is a further significant predictor; a negative trend was more likely for smaller-bodied species.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Generalist species that can live under diverse climatic conditions and in different human-modified habitats are more protected from negative population trends.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phylogeographic Structure of Iris ensata Uncovers an Arid Barrier Shaping East Asian Alpine-Wetland Divergence","authors":"Yue-E Xiao,&nbsp;Xin Tong,&nbsp;Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitía,&nbsp;Yong-Hong Hu,&nbsp;Kai Jiang,&nbsp;Xiao-Yong Chen","doi":"10.1111/jbi.70352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70352","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Understanding the evolutionary history and phylogeographic patterns of plants is essential for gaining insights into how climatic and geological processes have influenced current floral biodiversity. An east–west-oriented arid belt, roughly spanning 30° N–45° N across East Asia, has persisted since the Paleogene and may have acted as a long-standing dispersal barrier between the northern and southern floras of the region. This study aims to clarify the influence of this arid belt on the disjunct distribution of a hygrophilous wetland plant.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Location</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>China, Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Taxa</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Iris ensata</i> Thunb. (Iridaceae).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We integrated ecological niche modelling (ENM), molecular approaches (chloroplast DNA and nuclear microsatellite markers), and demographic inferences to investigate the genetic structure, phylogeographic patterns, and evolutionary dynamics of <i>I. ensata</i>.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ecological niche modelling suggested that <i>I. ensata</i> maintained relatively stable habitats during the Last Glacial Maximum, in contrast to the pronounced southward range contractions documented in many temperate East Asian taxa. Analyses of 48 populations covering the species' natural range revealed three well-defined genetic groups: the Tianmu Mountains (TIM), the Japanese Archipelago and South Korea (JAK), and the Northeast China and Russian Far East (NEC). The strong regional differentiation and the presence of unique cpDNA haplotypes within the TIM and NEC groups suggest that both regions served as glacial refugia. Demographic reconstructions based on nSSRs supported a model of divergence with low gene flow, with lineage splits primarily occurring during the mid-to-late Pleistocene epoch.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Main Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Collectively, these findings support the hypothesis that the persistent arid zone across northern China has functioned as both a climatic and biogeographic barrier, shaping the north–south lineage divergence in <i>I. ensata</i>. This study provides new evidence for the arid-belt mediated diversification hypothesis and underscores the complex evolutionary processes governing plant diversification across the humid and semi-arid landscape of East Asia.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15299,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biogeography","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148860083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}