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Evolutionary processes underlying plant diversification in the tropical Andean highlands
Aparicio Vásquez, Diana Libeth ; Sklenář, Petr (advisor) ; Hughes, Colin (referee) ; Šmarda, Petr (referee)
The highlands in the northern Andes, which are known as the páramo, are recognized worldwide for their unique and species-rich flora. Many páramo plant groups underwent radiations, which have been shown to be very recent and outstandingly fast. These radiations have usually been linked to (1) the uplift of the northern Andes, which provided new ecological opportunities in the highlands that originated in this process, (2) Quaternary climate change that produced range shifts of the páramo, resulting in periods of páramo contraction and isolation, during cold periods, and periods of páramo expansion and connection, during warm periods (3) the Andean physiographical and ecological heterogeneity, which provides extent oppornuties for isolation and for ecological divergence. In spite of increasing research efforts to understand the evolution of the páramo flora, the actual processes underlying species diversification remain unclear. The main aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of these processes. We use three different approaches in two different study systems: (1) A population genetics approach, which remains rare among páramo plant studies, focuses on three páramo Lupinus species (Lupinus alopecuroides, L. nubigenus, L. microphyllus). These species belong to one of the best...
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Evolutionary processes underlying plant diversification in the tropical Andean highlands
Aparicio Vásquez, Diana Libeth ; Sklenář, Petr (advisor) ; Hughes, Colin (referee) ; Šmarda, Petr (referee)
The highlands in the northern Andes, which are known as the páramo, are recognized worldwide for their unique and species-rich flora. Many páramo plant groups underwent radiations, which have been shown to be very recent and outstandingly fast. These radiations have usually been linked to (1) the uplift of the northern Andes, which provided new ecological opportunities in the highlands that originated in this process, (2) Quaternary climate change that produced range shifts of the páramo, resulting in periods of páramo contraction and isolation, during cold periods, and periods of páramo expansion and connection, during warm periods (3) the Andean physiographical and ecological heterogeneity, which provides extent oppornuties for isolation and for ecological divergence. In spite of increasing research efforts to understand the evolution of the páramo flora, the actual processes underlying species diversification remain unclear. The main aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of these processes. We use three different approaches in two different study systems: (1) A population genetics approach, which remains rare among páramo plant studies, focuses on three páramo Lupinus species (Lupinus alopecuroides, L. nubigenus, L. microphyllus). These species belong to one of the best...
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