A legacy of geo‐climatic complexity and genetic divergence along the lower Colorado River: Insights from the geological record and 33 desert‐adapted animals

Breaching of strike-slip faults and successive flooding of pull-apart basins to form the Gulf of California seaway from ca. 8–6 Ma

(2018) Paul J. Umhoefer et al.   GEOLOGY

Freshwater plumes and brackish lakes: Integrated microfossil and O-C-Sr isotopic evidence from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation (California-Arizona) supports a lake overflow model for the integration of the lower Colorado River corridor

(2018) Jordon Bright et al.   Geosphere

How sea level change mediates genetic divergence in coastal species across regions with varying tectonic and sediment processes

(2018) Greer A. Dolby et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Punctuated Sediment Discharge during Early Pliocene Birth of the Colorado River: Evidence from Regional Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology

(2018) Rebecca J. Dorsey et al.   SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

Posterior Summarization in Bayesian Phylogenetics Using Tracer 1.7

(2018) Andrew Rambaut et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

(2018) Alexandre Antonelli et al.   Nature Geoscience

Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research

(2018) Alexandre Antonelli et al.   PeerJ

Inference of Gene Flow in the Process of Speciation: An Efficient Maximum-Likelihood Method for the Isolation-with-Initial-Migration Model

(2017) Rui J. Costa et al.   GENETICS

Speciation as a sieve for ancestral polymorphism

(2017) Rafael F. Guerrero et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomic evidence of gene flow during reinforcement in Texas Phlox

(2017) Federico Roda et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Lineage diversification of fringe-toed lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Uma notata complex) in the Colorado Desert: Delimiting species in the presence of gene flow

(2017) Andrew D. Gottscho et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Inference of Gene Flow in the Process of Speciation: An Efficient Maximum-Likelihood Method for the Isolation-with-Initial-Migration Model

(2017) Rui J. Costa et al.   GENETICS

Introgression between ecologically distinct species following increased salinity in the Colorado Delta- Worldwide implications for impacted estuary diversity

(2017) Clive L.F. Lau et al.   PeerJ

Tidal rhythmites in the southern Bouse Formation as evidence for post-Miocene uplift of the lower Colorado River corridor

(2016) Brennan O’Connell et al.   GEOLOGY

Asynchronous diversification of snakes in the North American warm deserts

(2016) Edward A. Myers et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Phylogeographic and population genetic structure of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in North American deserts

(2016) Michael R. Buchalski et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

DID A CATASTROPHIC LAKE SPILLOVER INTEGRATE THE LATE MIOCENE EARLY PLIOCENE COLORADO RIVER AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA?: MICROFAUNAL AND STABLE ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FROM BLYTHE BASIN, CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA, USA

(2016) JORDON BRIGHT et al.   PALAIOS

Slip history of the La Cruz fault: Development of a late Miocene transform in response to increased rift obliquity in the northern Gulf of California

(2016) Scott E.K. Bennett et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States

(2016) Chris A. Hamilton et al.   ZooKeys

Assessing models of speciation under different biogeographic scenarios; an empirical study using multi-locus and RNA-seq analyses

(2016) Taylor Edwards et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Range and niche shifts in response to past climate change in the desert horned lizardPhrynosoma platyrhinos

(2015) Tereza Jezkova et al.   ECOGRAPHY

A new model for Quaternary lava dams in Grand Canyon based on40Ar/39Ar dating, basalt geochemistry, and field mapping

(2015) Ryan S. Crow et al.   Geosphere

Importance of groundwater in propagating downward integration of the 6–5 Ma Colorado River system: Geochemistry of springs, travertines, and lacustrine carbonates of the Grand Canyon region over the past 12 Ma

(2015) L.C. Crossey et al.   Geosphere

River-evolution and tectonic implications of a major Pliocene aggradation on the lower Colorado River: The Bullhead Alluvium

(2015) Keith A. Howard et al.   Geosphere

Miocene extensional tectonics explain ancient patterns of diversification among turret-building tarantulas (Aphonopelma mojavegroup) in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts

(2015) Matthew R. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

A multilocus molecular phylogeny of the endemic North American camel spider family Eremobatidae (Arachnida: Solifugae)

(2015) Paula E. Cushing et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

popart: full-feature software for haplotype network construction

(2015) Jessica W. Leigh et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Testing Taxon Tenacity of Tortoises: evidence for a geographical selection gradient at a secondary contact zone

(2015) Taylor Edwards et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Asynchrony of Seasons: Genetic Differentiation Associated with Geographic Variation in Climatic Seasonality and Reproductive Phenology

(2014) Ignacio Quintero et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Springsnails: A New Conservation Focus in Western North America

(2014) Robert Hershler et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The emerging field of geogenomics: Constraining geological problems with genetic data

(2014) Paul A. Baker et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Evidence for a marine incursion along the lower Colorado River corridor

(2014) Kristin McDougall et al.   Geosphere

Paleogeomorphology and evolution of the early Colorado River inferred from relationships in Mohave and Cottonwood valleys, Arizona, California, and Nevada

(2014) P. A. Pearthree et al.   Geosphere

Overseas dispersal ofHyperoliusreed frogs from Central Africa to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe

(2014) Rayna C. Bell et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evidence against a Pleistocene desert refugium in the Lower Colorado River Basin

(2014) Camille A. Holmgren et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Genetic consequences of postglacial range expansion in two codistributed rodents (genusDipodomys) depend on ecology and genetic locus

(2014) Tereza Jezkova et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Reanalysis suggests that genomic islands of speciation are due to reduced diversity, not reduced gene flow

(2014) Tami E. Cruickshank et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Fuzzy Boundaries: Color and Gene Flow Patterns among Parapatric Lineages of the Western Shovel-Nosed Snake and Taxonomic Implication

(2014) Dustin A. Wood et al.   PLoS One

Mass Dispersal of Terrestrial Organisms During First Flush Events in a Temporary Stream

(2014) J. Rosado et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Continuous estimation of baseflow in snowmelt-dominated streams and rivers in the Upper Colorado River Basin: A chemical hydrograph separation approach

(2014) Matthew P. Miller et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Desert salt flats as oases for the spiderSaltonia incertaBanks (Araneae: Dictynidae)

(2014) Sarah C. Crews et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Speciation, population structure, and demographic history of the Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma scoparia), a species of conservation concern

(2014) Andrew D. Gottscho et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Geographic Mode of Speciation and Genomic Divergence

(2013) Jeffrey L. Feder et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF GEOGRAPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL ISOLATION ON GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION

(2013) Gideon S. Bradburd et al.   EVOLUTION

Patterns of Evolutionary Conservation of Microsatellites (SSRs) Suggest a Faster Rate of Genome Evolution in Hymenoptera Than in Diptera

(2013) Eckart Stolle et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A post–6 Ma sediment budget for the Colorado River

(2013) Rebecca J. Dorsey et al.   Geosphere

Review and analysis of the age and origin of the Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley, southwestern USA

(2013) Jon E. Spencer et al.   Geosphere

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(2013) Greg Lazear   Geosphere

Phylogeography of the Arizona hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis) supports a model of biotic assembly in the Mojave Desert and adds a new Pleistocene refugium

(2013) Matthew R. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Phylogeography of Beck’s Desert Scorpion, Paruroctonus becki, reveals Pliocene diversification in the Eastern California Shear Zone and postglacial expansion in the Great Basin Desert

(2013) Matthew R. Graham et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

As Old as the Hills: Montane Scorpions in Southwestern North America Reveal Ancient Associations between Biotic Diversification and Landscape History

(2013) Robert W. Bryson et al.   PLoS One

Regional Differences in Seasonal Timing of Rainfall Discriminate between Genetically Distinct East African Giraffe Taxa

(2013) Henri A. Thomassen et al.   PLoS One

The Influence of Gene Flow on Species Tree Estimation: A Simulation Study

(2013) Adam D. Leaché et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Robust Demographic Inference from Genomic and SNP Data

(2013) Laurent Excoffier et al.   PLoS Genetics

Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

(2012) Dustin A. Wood et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Crossing the uncrossable: novel trans-valley biogeographic patterns revealed in the genetic history of low-dispersal mygalomorph spiders (Antrodiaetidae,Antrodiaetus) from California

(2012) Marshal Hedin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A multilocus perspective on the speciation history of a North American aridland toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)

(2012) Robert W. Bryson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

PGDSpider: an automated data conversion tool for connecting population genetics and genomics programs

(2011) H. E. L. Lischer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The Delta Mudsucker, Gillichthys detrusus, a Valid Species (Teleostei: Gobiidae) Endemic to the Colorado River Delta, Northernmost Gulf of California, Mexico

(2011) Camm C Swift et al.   COPEIA

Stratigraphic record of basin development within the San Andreas fault system: Late Cenozoic Fish Creek-Vallecito basin, southern California

(2011) R. J. Dorsey et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

History of Cenozoic North American drainage basin evolution, sediment yield, and accumulation in the Gulf of Mexico basin

(2011) William E. Galloway et al.   Geosphere

Sensitivity to climate change for two reptiles at the Mojave–Sonoran Desert interface

(2011) C.W. Barrows   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Historical biogeography of the arid-adapted velvet ant Sphaeropthalma arota (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) reveals cryptic species

(2011) Joseph S. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ephemeral Pleistocene woodlands connect the dots for highland rattlesnakes of the Crotalus intermedius group

(2011) Robert W. Bryson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Genomic divergence during speciation: causes and consequences

(2011) P. Nosil et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative Phylogeography of a Coevolved Community: Concerted Population Expansions in Joshua Trees and Four Yucca Moths

(2011) Christopher Irwin Smith et al.   PLoS One

Long-distance dispersal: a framework for hypothesis testing

(2011) Rosemary G. Gillespie et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz’s land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines: Testudinidae) with the description of a new species and its consequences for conservation

(2011) Robert Murphy et al.   ZooKeys

Are we analyzing speciation without prejudice?

(2010) Kerstin Johannesson   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

adephylo: new tools for investigating the phylogenetic signal in biological traits

(2010) Thibaut Jombart et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Range size, taxon age and hotspots of neoendemism in the California flora

(2010) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Using regional comparative phylogeographic data from snake lineages to infer historical processes in Middle America

(2010) Juan M. Daza et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Unified Framework to Evaluate Panmixia and Migration Direction Among Multiple Sampling Locations

(2010) P. Beerli et al.   GENETICS

Sedimentation and crustal recycling along an active oblique-rift margin: Salton Trough and northern Gulf of California

(2010) Rebecca J. Dorsey   GEOLOGY

Perennial plant mortality in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts in response to severe, multi-year drought

(2010) J.R. McAuliffe et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Seasonal Patterns of Body Condition, Hydration State, and Activity of Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum) at a Sonoran Desert Site

(2010) Jon R. Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Phylogeography of declining relict and lowland leopard frogs in the desert Southwest of North America

(2010) V. Oláh-Hemmings et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Comparison of the Mantel test and alternative approaches for detecting complex multivariate relationships in the spatial analysis of genetic data

(2010) PIERRE LEGENDRE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Two pulses of diversification across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in a montane Mexican bird fauna

(2010) B. R. Barber et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity

(2010) C. Hoorn et al.   SCIENCE

Late Miocene onset of the Amazon River and the Amazon deep-sea fan: Evidence from the Foz do Amazonas Basin

(2009) J. Figueiredo et al.   GEOLOGY

Phylogeography of the ground squirrel subgenusXerospermophilusand assembly of the Mojave Desert biota

(2009) Kayce C. Bell et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Pattern, process and geographic modes of speciation

(2009) B. M. FITZPATRICK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Pleistocene Impacts on the Phylogeography of the Desert Pocket Mouse(Chaetodipus penicillatus)

(2009) Tereza Jezkova et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Madagascar as a model region of species diversification

(2009) Miguel Vences et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Inferring the Joint Demographic History of Multiple Populations from Multidimensional SNP Frequency Data

(2009) Ryan N. Gutenkunst et al.   PLoS Genetics

A GENEALOGICAL APPROACH TO QUANTIFYING LINEAGE DIVERGENCE

(2008) Michael P. Cummings et al.   EVOLUTION

Alluvial chronologies and archaeology of the Gila River drainage basin, Arizona

(2008) Michael R. Waters   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Interplay of oceanographic and paleoclimate events with tectonism during middle to late Miocene sedimentation across the southwestern USA

(2008) Charles E. Chapin   Geosphere

History of Quaternary volcanism and lava dams in western Grand Canyon based on lidar analysis, 40Ar/39Ar dating, and field studies: Implications for flow stratigraphy, timing of volcanic events, and lava dams

(2008) Ryan Crow et al.   Geosphere

Comparative phylogeography of pitvipers suggests a consensus of ancient Middle American highland biogeography

(2008) Todd A. Castoe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The Chuska erg: Paleogeomorphic and paleoclimatic implications of an Oligocene sand sea on the Colorado Plateau

(2007) S. M. Cather et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

The California Hotspots Project: identifying regions of rapid diversification of mammals

(2007) EDWARD BYRD DAVIS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)

(2007) Dustin A. Wood et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION