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JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 2204-2206Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12166
Keywords
Biogeography; cladistics; dispersal; diversification; general area cladograms; historical biogeography; molecular clock; Pandora; philosophy of science; vicariance
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- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1120380] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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A recent Guest Editorial by Parenti & Ebach (2013, Journal of Biogeography, 40, 813-820) disagrees with the methods or interpretations in two of our recent papers. In addition, the authors open a debate on biogeographical concepts, and present an alternative philosophy for biogeographical research in the context of their recently described biogeographical subregion called Pandora'. We disagree with their approach and conclusions, and comment on several issues related to our differing conceptual approaches for biogeographical research; namely, our use of molecular phylogenetic analyses, including time estimates; and Parenti & Ebach's reliance on taxon/general area cladograms. Finally, we re-examine their tests' supporting the existence of Pandora'.
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