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Montane regions shape patterns of diversification in small mammals and reptiles from Madagascar’s moist evergreen forest

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Madagascar is renowned for its exceptional species diversity and endemism. The island's mountainous regions are thought to have played a role in lineage and species diversification, but this has yet… Click to show full abstract

Madagascar is renowned for its exceptional species diversity and endemism. The island's mountainous regions are thought to have played a role in lineage and species diversification, but this has yet to be explored across taxonomic groups and a temporal context has not yet been identified. We tested whether montane regions have promoted population divergence in Madagascar's vertebrate fauna and, if so, whether these divergence events were contemporaneous.

Keywords: diversification small; shape patterns; montane; montane regions; regions shape; patterns diversification

Journal Title: Journal of Biogeography
Year Published: 2020

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