Phylogeography: spanning the ecology‐evolution continuum

摘要: Synthesis of ecological and evolutionary concepts tools has led to improved understanding how diversification, dispersal, community assembly, long-term coexistence extinction shape patterns biological diversity. Phylogeography, with its focus on Quaternary interactions within between populations, can help elucidate the processes acting time-scales which species arise members an assemblage interact each other their environment. Still, it yet be widely incorporated in that synthesis. Here, we highlight three areas where integration phylogeography approaches provide new insights into key questions. First, clarify roles isolation, niche conservatism environmental stability generating alpha- beta-diversity. Second, isolate effects dispersal limitation from factors driving assembly spatial turnover. Third, identify leading resulting events, including population dynamics range reduction strength temporal flexibility networks interactions. We conclude outlook data-gathering protocols necessary for this collaborative, interdisciplinary research agenda.