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Citation for Study 16657

About Citation title: " A Tale of Two Hyperdiversities: Diversification dynamics of the two largest families of lichenized fungi".
About Study name: " A Tale of Two Hyperdiversities: Diversification dynamics of the two largest families of lichenized fungi".
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Citation

Kraichak E., Divakar P.K., Crespo A., Leavitt S., Nelsen M., L?cking R., & Lumbsch H.T. 2015. A Tale of Two Hyperdiversities: Diversification dynamics of the two largest families of lichenized fungi. Scientific Reports, 5: 10028.

Authors

  • Kraichak E. (submitter)
  • Divakar P.K. Phone +34913942282
  • Crespo A.
  • Leavitt S.
  • Nelsen M.
  • L?cking R.
  • Lumbsch H.T.

Abstract

Renewed interests in macroevolutionary dynamics have led to the proliferation of studies on diversification processes in large taxonomic groups, such as angiosperms, mammals, and birds. However, such a study has yet to be conducted in lichenized fungi ? an extremely successful and diverse group of fungi. Analysing the most comprehensive time-calibrated phylogenies with a new analytical method, we illustrated drastically different diversification dynamics between two hyper- diverse families of lichenized fungi, Graphidaceae and Parmeliaceae, which represent more than a fourth of the total species diversity of lichenized fungi. Despite adopting a similar nutrition mode and having a similar number of species, Graphidaceae exhibited a lower speciation rate, while Parmeliaceae showed a sharp increase in speciation rate that corresponded with the aridification during the Oligocene-Miocene transition, suggesting their adaptive radiation into a novel arid habitat.

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