Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Adaptation, speciation and extinction
- Section 3 Biogeography, migration and ecological niche modelling
- 10 Biodiversity informatics for climate change studies
- 11 Climate envelope models in systematics and evolutionary research: theory and practice
- 12 Biogeography of Cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling
- 13 Cenozoic climate changes and the demise of Tethyan laurel forests: lessons for the future from an integrative reconstruction of the past
- 14 The impact of climate change on the origin and future of East African rainforest trees
- 15 Hybridisation, introgression and climate change: a case study of the tree genus Fraxinus (Oleaceae)
- Section 4 Conservation
- Index
- Systematics Association Publications
- Plate section
- References
12 - Biogeography of Cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling
from Section 3 - Biogeography, migration and ecological niche modelling
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Adaptation, speciation and extinction
- Section 3 Biogeography, migration and ecological niche modelling
- 10 Biodiversity informatics for climate change studies
- 11 Climate envelope models in systematics and evolutionary research: theory and practice
- 12 Biogeography of Cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling
- 13 Cenozoic climate changes and the demise of Tethyan laurel forests: lessons for the future from an integrative reconstruction of the past
- 14 The impact of climate change on the origin and future of East African rainforest trees
- 15 Hybridisation, introgression and climate change: a case study of the tree genus Fraxinus (Oleaceae)
- Section 4 Conservation
- Index
- Systematics Association Publications
- Plate section
- References
Summary
Abstract
Cyclamen is a genus of popular garden plant, protected by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) legislation. Many of its species are morphologically and phenologically adapted to the seasonal climate of the Mediterranean region. Most species occur in geographic isolation and will readily hybridise with their sister species when brought together. We investigate the biogeography of Cyclamen and assess the impact of palaeogeography and palaeoclimate change on the distribution of the genus. We use techniques of phyloclimatic modelling (combining ecological niche modelling and phylogenetic character optimisation) to investigate the heritability of climatic preference and to reconstruct ancestral niches. Conventional and phyloclimatic approaches to biogeography are compared to provide an insight into the historic distribution of Cyclamen species and the potential impact of climate change on their future distribution. The predicted climate changes over the next century could see a northward shift of many species' climatic niches to places outside their current ranges. However, such distribution changes are unlikely to occur through natural ant-based dispersal, so conservation measures are likely to be required.
Introduction
Cyclamen: present-day status and distribution
Cyclamen L. is a genus of c. 20 species in the family Myrsinaceae. Its species are perennial herbs, having distinctive flowers with reflexed petals, that are often scented, and winter blooming. These characteristics make Cyclamen a popular garden plant. Its popularity has prompted many studies on the group, including cytology (Bennett and Grimshaw, 1991; Anderberg, 1994), hybridisation (Gielly et al., 2001; Grey-Wilson, 2003) and phenology (Debussche et al., 2004).
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